Dakota County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 9,031 42.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,878 41.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,852 8.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 646 3.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 492 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 435 2.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 20 0.1%

• Under 18 6,297 29.5%
• 18–24 2,081 9.7%
• 25–44 5,768 27.0%
• 45–64 4,466 20.9%
• 65 and over 2,742 12.8%

Median household income

$75,195

90% interval $66,715–$83,675

−$1,383 vs NE · 25th of 93

Below poverty line

11.2%

90% interval 8.7%–13.7%

+0.6 pp vs NE · 41st of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

1.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,038

Establishments

511

• Manufacturing 5,825 41.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,035 21.7%
• Education & health services 1,479 10.6%
• Financial activities 959 6.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 873 6.2%
• Professional & business services 480 3.4%
• Public administration 346 2.5%
• Construction 3 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 93.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.9%

−2.6 pp vs NE · 84th of 93

Median gross rent

$1,069

−$3 vs NE · 4th of 93

Owner-occupied

4,767

Renter-occupied

2,692

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 74% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $88,638/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,869/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 27 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 3,934 64.3%
• Democratic 2,109 34.5%
• Other / third-party 77 1.3%

• Spanish 6,154 31.4%
• Tagalog 90 0.5%
• Chinese 87 0.4%
• Vietnamese 26 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 21 0.1%
• Korean 5 0.0%
• Arabic 4 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

7,459

Family households

5,220

70.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,649

31.6% of families

Single-mother families

399

7.6% of families

Veterans

635

4.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 5,554 25.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,806 8.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,574 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 159 0.7%

Health insured

91.9%

±2.1 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±2.1 pp

32nd of 93

With a disability

12.5%

±1.7 pp

66th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

14.6%

±2.6 pp

−20.0 pp vs NE · 93rd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.1%

90% interval 9.9%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (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

Blair, Dakota City, Fremont, Hartington, Pender, Ponca, Tekamah

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

13.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1