Jury Pool Profile

Chase County, Nebraska

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 3,639
Median household income: $62,782
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,127 85.9%
Black or African American alone 16 0.4%
Asian alone 81 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 40 1.1%
Two or more races 348 9.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 668 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 914 25.1%
18–24 210 5.8%
25–44 792 21.8%
45–64 854 23.5%
65 and over 869 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $433.6M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,656
Establishments: 224

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 485 27.3%
Education & health services 450 25.3%
Natural resources & mining 324 18.2%
Public administration 140 7.9%
Leisure & hospitality 113 6.4%
Financial activities 87 4.9%
Professional & business services 56 3.1%
Information 34 1.9%
Other services 22 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $749
Owner-occupied: 1,114
Renter-occupied: 323

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,866 votes cast

Republican 1,648 88.3%
Democratic 204 10.9%
Other / third-party 14 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 374 11.0%
Tagalog 31 0.9%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,437
Family households: 995; 69.2% of households
Married w/ children: 892
Single-mother households: 42
Veterans: 133; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,091 28.0%
Catholic 639 16.4%
Mainline Protestant 539 13.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (District Court judges per judicial district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); County Court judges (limited jurisdiction — small civil claims, misdemeanors, probate) separate. Vintage 2026 nebraskajudicial.gov; counts cross-checked against Neb. Rev. Stat. § 24-303 et seq. ~60 District Court judgeships statewide. The 4th JD (Douglas / Omaha) and 3rd JD (Lancaster / Lincoln) carry the largest benches; multi-county rural districts typically carry 2-4 judges.)
Court seats: Arthur, Beaver City, Benkelman, Elwood, Grant, Hayes Center, Imperial, Lexington, McCook, Mullen, North Platte, Ogallala, Stapleton, Stockville, Thedford, Trenton, Tryon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 36.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023