Dawson County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,773 52.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,045 37.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,560 6.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 198 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 480 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 71 0.3%

• Under 18 6,723 27.8%
• 18–24 2,019 8.3%
• 25–44 6,095 25.2%
• 45–64 5,362 22.2%
• 65 and over 4,003 16.5%

Median household income

$73,090

90% interval $66,283–$79,897

−$3,488 vs NE · 34th of 93

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 7.6%–12.6%

−0.5 pp vs NE · 61st of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

11.0%

+8 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

1.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,835

Establishments

757

• Manufacturing 3,854 32.8%
• Education & health services 2,378 20.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,911 16.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 876 7.5%
• Professional & business services 575 4.9%
• Natural resources & mining 553 4.7%
• Public administration 539 4.6%
• Construction 428 3.6%
• Financial activities 362 3.1%
• Other services 212 1.8%
• Information 50 0.4%

Home ownership

66.4%

−0.1 pp vs NE · 79th of 93

Median gross rent

$925

−$147 vs NE · 14th of 93

Owner-occupied

6,068

Renter-occupied

3,077

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $84,963/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,356/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 6,312 74.3%
• Democratic 2,101 24.7%
• Other / third-party 78 0.9%

• Spanish 6,980 31.3%
• Vietnamese 88 0.4%
• Tagalog 79 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%

Households

9,145

Family households

6,426

70.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,078

32.3% of families

Single-mother families

566

8.8% of families

Veterans

869

5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 5,272 21.9%
• Mainline Protestant 4,479 18.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,817 11.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 592 2.5%

Health insured

90.1%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

9.9%

±1.8 pp

10th of 93

With a disability

12.9%

±1.4 pp

59th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

17.6%

±2 pp

−17.0 pp vs NE · 90th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.8%

90% interval 11.4%–14.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th Judicial District Court

Judges

4 (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

Arthur, Beaver City, Benkelman, Elwood, Grant, Hayes Center, Imperial, Lexington, McCook, Mullen, North Platte, Ogallala, Stapleton, Stockville, Thedford, Trenton, Tryon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

17.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3