Jury Pool Profile

Douglas County, Nebraska

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 585,461
Median household income: $79,081
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 414,665 70.8%
Black or African American alone 61,984 10.6%
Asian alone 24,629 4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,289 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 221 0.0%
Some other race alone 26,547 4.5%
Two or more races 53,126 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 82,687 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.5

Under 18 149,216 25.5%
18–24 52,781 9.0%
25–44 169,314 28.9%
45–64 133,633 22.8%
65 and over 80,517 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $73.8B; 38.98% of state
Avg. annual pay: $67,868
Establishments: 18,801

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 91,421 26.8%
Professional & business services 58,408 17.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 55,237 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 38,108 11.2%
Financial activities 28,615 8.4%
Manufacturing 23,633 6.9%
Construction 18,700 5.5%
Other services 9,890 2.9%
Public administration 9,375 2.8%
Information 6,852 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 475 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.7%
Median gross rent: $1,162
Owner-occupied: 145,152
Renter-occupied: 89,928

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 273,403 votes cast

Democratic 148,733 54.4%
Republican 120,919 44.2%
Other / third-party 3,751 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 53,722 9.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 8,211 1.5%
Other Indo-European 7,156 1.3%
Other 5,265 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 3,196 0.6%
Arabic 2,446 0.4%
Chinese 2,022 0.4%
Slavic languages 1,676 0.3%
Vietnamese 1,598 0.3%
German 769 0.1%
Tagalog 714 0.1%
Korean 711 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 235,080
Family households: 142,689; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 105,281
Single-mother households: 15,577
Veterans: 27,287; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.4% overall adherence rate

Catholic 145,003 24.8%
Evangelical Protestant 65,811 11.3%
Mainline Protestant 45,354 7.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 29,544 5.1%
Black Protestant 13,258 2.3%
Orthodox 1,262 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial District Court
Judges: 17 (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: Omaha

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 40; 9.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 39

NHTSA FARS 2023