Dawes County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,985 85.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 411 5.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 38 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 89 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 387 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 230 2.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,485 18.2%
• 18–24 1,469 18.0%
• 25–44 1,845 22.7%
• 45–64 1,734 21.3%
• 65 and over 1,607 19.7%

Median household income

$58,219

90% interval $51,270–$65,168

−$18,359 vs NE · 91st of 93

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 11.9%–19.9%

+5.3 pp vs NE · 4th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

+0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$394.8M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,187

Establishments

286

• Education & health services 1,129 36.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 737 23.9%
• Public administration 442 14.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 389 12.6%
• Financial activities 106 3.4%
• Construction 83 2.7%
• Professional & business services 75 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 95.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.8%

−4.7 pp vs NE · 86th of 93

Median gross rent

$900

−$172 vs NE · 21st of 93

Owner-occupied

2,133

Renter-occupied

1,320

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 75% 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 (Financial activities, $51,133/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,556/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 2,812 72.7%
• Democratic 992 25.6%
• Other / third-party 64 1.7%

• Spanish 142 1.8%
• Korean 23 0.3%
• Arabic 22 0.3%
• Chinese 14 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

3,453

Family households

1,837

53.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

611

33.3% of families

Single-mother families

229

12.5% of families

Veterans

365

5.5% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

90.4%

±3.2 pp

Uninsured

9.6%

±3.2 pp

14th of 93

With a disability

14.2%

±2.9 pp

40th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

36.2%

±6.4 pp

+1.6 pp vs NE · 6th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.0%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0