Colfax County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,760 44.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,091 47.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 369 3.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 21 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 174 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 226 2.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,254 30.6%
• 18–24 852 8.0%
• 25–44 2,408 22.6%
• 45–64 2,658 25.0%
• 65 and over 1,469 13.8%

Median household income

$74,226

90% interval $65,720–$82,732

−$2,352 vs NE · 30th of 93

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 6.0%–10.8%

−2.2 pp vs NE · 80th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.54% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,118

Establishments

310

• Trade, transportation & utilities 847 17.0%
• Education & health services 729 14.6%
• Natural resources & mining 282 5.7%
• Public administration 197 3.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 174 3.5%
• Financial activities 99 2.0%
• Other services 74 1.5%

The sectors listed cover 48.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.3%

+9.8 pp vs NE · 41st of 93

Median gross rent

$980

−$92 vs NE · 7th of 93

Owner-occupied

2,830

Renter-occupied

877

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 37% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $56,295/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,732/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 2,636 75.0%
• Democratic 845 24.0%
• Other / third-party 35 1.0%

• Spanish 3,951 40.4%
• Arabic 267 2.7%
• German or other West Germanic 24 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 22 0.2%
• Tagalog 21 0.2%
• Korean 12 0.1%

Households

3,707

Family households

2,903

78.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

820

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

178

6.1% of families

Veterans

461

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 5,462 51.6%
• Mainline Protestant 826 7.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 493 4.7%

Health insured

87.8%

±4.1 pp

Uninsured

12.2%

±4.1 pp

4th of 93

With a disability

7.3%

±1.7 pp

93rd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

14.8%

±2.6 pp

−19.8 pp vs NE · 92nd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

15.0%

90% interval 13.4%–16.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

5th 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

Albion, Aurora, Central City, Columbus, David City, Fullerton, Osceola, Schuyler, Seward, Wahoo, York

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

13.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1