Jury Pool Profile

Dawes County, Nebraska

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 8,212
Median household income: $54,381
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,277 88.6%
Black or African American alone 111 1.4%
Asian alone 82 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 165 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 577 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 391 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.2

Under 18 1,479 18.0%
18–24 1,640 20.0%
25–44 1,813 22.1%
45–64 1,686 20.5%
65 and over 1,594 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $394.8M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,535
Establishments: 301

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,140 36.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 762 24.1%
Public administration 461 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 390 12.4%
Financial activities 104 3.3%
Professional & business services 89 2.8%
Construction 88 2.8%
Information 32 1.0%
Other services 24 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.7%
Median gross rent: $1,014
Owner-occupied: 2,222
Renter-occupied: 1,159

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,868 votes cast

Republican 2,812 72.7%
Democratic 992 25.6%
Other / third-party 64 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 122 1.6%
Other 65 0.8%
Slavic languages 29 0.4%
Korean 25 0.3%
Chinese 21 0.3%
Arabic 20 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,381
Family households: 1,837; 54.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,557
Single-mother households: 181
Veterans: 320; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,150 14.0%
Catholic 1,034 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 974 11.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 224 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Alliance, Bridgeport, Chadron, Chappell, Gering, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hyannis, Kimball, Oshkosh, Rushville, Sidney

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 14.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023