Deuel County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,582 85.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 183 9.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 54 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.2%

• Under 18 338 18.3%
• 18–24 127 6.9%
• 25–44 303 16.4%
• 45–64 560 30.3%
• 65 and over 519 28.1%

Median household income

$59,028

90% interval $52,209–$65,847

−$17,550 vs NE · 90th of 93

Below poverty line

11.9%

90% interval 8.9%–14.9%

+1.3 pp vs NE · 26th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$87.6M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,150

Establishments

74

• Trade, transportation & utilities 173 31.0%
• Education & health services 147 26.3%
• Public administration 101 18.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 39 7.0%
• Financial activities 27 4.8%
• Other services 20 3.6%

The sectors listed cover 90.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.6%

+15.1 pp vs NE · 14th of 93

Median gross rent

$872

−$200 vs NE · 30th of 93

Owner-occupied

683

Renter-occupied

154

• 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, $59,624/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,016/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 843 83.3%
• Democratic 151 14.9%
• Other / third-party 18 1.8%

• Spanish 80 4.6%
• German or other West Germanic 9 0.5%
• Tagalog 4 0.2%

Households

837

Family households

545

65.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

141

25.9% of families

Single-mother families

29

5.3% of families

Veterans

137

9.1% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 407 22.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 270 14.7%
• Catholic 220 12.0%

Health insured

90.9%

±3 pp

Uninsured

9.1%

±3 pp

22nd of 93

With a disability

17.2%

±2.9 pp

15th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

25.2%

±4.9 pp

−9.4 pp vs NE · 36th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 7.8%–10.4% · 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

2

132.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2