Chase County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,857 77.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 658 17.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 61 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 82 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 899 24.5%
• 18–24 199 5.4%
• 25–44 736 20.0%
• 45–64 929 25.3%
• 65 and over 908 24.7%

Median household income

$72,801

90% interval $65,317–$80,285

−$3,777 vs NE · 35th of 93

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 7.6%–12.6%

−0.5 pp vs NE · 60th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$433.6M

0.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,255

Establishments

223

• Trade, transportation & utilities 464 26.7%
• Education & health services 434 25.0%
• Natural resources & mining 328 18.9%
• Public administration 137 7.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 108 6.2%
• Financial activities 84 4.8%
• Professional & business services 59 3.4%

The sectors listed cover 92.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.1%

+12.6 pp vs NE · 23rd of 93

Median gross rent

$800

−$272 vs NE · 42nd of 93

Owner-occupied

1,167

Renter-occupied

309

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $83,160/yr) pays 5.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,369/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 376 10.8%
• Tagalog 25 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.1%

Households

1,476

Family households

942

63.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

290

30.8% of families

Single-mother families

34

3.6% of families

Veterans

169

6.1% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

88.8%

±3 pp

Uninsured

11.2%

±3 pp

5th of 93

With a disability

11.3%

±2.2 pp

76th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

24.1%

±4.5 pp

−10.5 pp vs NE · 45th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.7%

90% interval 10.3%–13.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0