Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Nebraska

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 6,084
Median household income: $75,938
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,530 90.9%
Black or African American alone 41 0.7%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 202 3.3%
Two or more races 265 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 570 9.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 1,501 24.7%
18–24 397 6.5%
25–44 1,373 22.6%
45–64 1,561 25.7%
65 and over 1,252 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; +0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $469.1M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,771
Establishments: 276

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 584 28.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 494 23.8%
Public administration 257 12.4%
Construction 219 10.5%
Natural resources & mining 208 10.0%
Manufacturing 87 4.2%
Financial activities 82 3.9%
Leisure & hospitality 61 2.9%
Other services 41 2.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $701
Owner-occupied: 1,996
Renter-occupied: 479

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,310 votes cast

Republican 2,677 80.9%
Democratic 577 17.4%
Other / third-party 56 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 235 4.1%
German 37 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.4%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%
Other Indo-European 3 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,475
Family households: 1,762; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,468
Single-mother households: 94
Veterans: 325; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,674 27.4%
Catholic 721 11.8%
Evangelical Protestant 698 11.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Alma, Clay Center, Franklin, Hastings, Holdrege, Minden, Nelson, Red Cloud

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 65.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023