Dodge County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,952 77.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,730 18.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 182 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 172 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,024 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 44 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 242 0.6%

• Under 18 9,405 25.2%
• 18–24 3,240 8.7%
• 25–44 8,676 23.2%
• 45–64 8,883 23.8%
• 65 and over 7,147 19.1%

Median household income

$70,530

90% interval $63,717–$77,343

−$6,048 vs NE · 43rd of 93

Below poverty line

13.1%

90% interval 11.1%–15.1%

+2.5 pp vs NE · 16th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

1.62% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,425

Establishments

1,107

• Manufacturing 4,608 25.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,169 22.7%
• Education & health services 3,967 21.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,587 8.6%
• Construction 941 5.1%
• Professional & business services 926 5.0%
• Financial activities 673 3.7%
• Public administration 575 3.1%
• Other services 496 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 364 2.0%
• Information 76 0.4%

Home ownership

66.9%

+0.4 pp vs NE · 76th of 93

Median gross rent

$1,060

−$12 vs NE · 5th of 93

Owner-occupied

10,150

Renter-occupied

5,018

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $68,835/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,914/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 10,795 65.7%
• Democratic 5,434 33.0%
• Other / third-party 214 1.3%

• Spanish 4,893 14.0%
• German or other West Germanic 164 0.5%
• Chinese 75 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 36 0.1%
• Tagalog 19 0.1%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%

Households

15,168

Family households

9,804

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,644

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,138

11.6% of families

Veterans

2,343

8.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 7,903 21.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,862 15.8%
• Mainline Protestant 5,306 14.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 680 1.8%

Health insured

93.5%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

6.5%

±1.4 pp

52nd of 93

With a disability

13.9%

±1.2 pp

44th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

22.0%

±1.7 pp

−12.6 pp vs NE · 67th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 7.9%–9.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

25.05 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7