Jury Pool Profile

Dixon County, Nebraska

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 5,561
Median household income: $69,156
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,652 83.7%
Black or African American alone 16 0.3%
Asian alone 57 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 274 4.9%
Two or more races 546 9.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 838 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 1,391 25.0%
18–24 439 7.9%
25–44 1,137 20.4%
45–64 1,415 25.4%
65 and over 1,179 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $480.2M; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,764
Establishments: 147

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 277 14.9%
Public administration 170 9.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 166 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 57 3.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.3%
Median gross rent: $661
Owner-occupied: 1,729
Renter-occupied: 508

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,895 votes cast

Republican 2,271 78.4%
Democratic 573 19.8%
Other / third-party 51 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 634 12.2%
Other 20 0.4%
Tagalog 7 0.1%
German 3 0.1%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,237
Family households: 1,458; 65.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,200
Single-mother households: 124
Veterans: 372; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,457 43.8%
Catholic 785 14.0%
Evangelical Protestant 639 11.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023