Douglas County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 388,570 65.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 85,851 14.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 60,419 10.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 25,730 4.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 26,403 4.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,102 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 233 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,428 0.4%

• Under 18 149,685 25.3%
• 18–24 53,821 9.1%
• 25–44 170,768 28.9%
• 45–64 133,198 22.5%
• 65 and over 83,264 14.1%

Median household income

$80,742

90% interval $77,962–$83,522

+$4,164 vs NE · 11th of 93

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 10.8%–12.8%

+1.2 pp vs NE · 29th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

+0.18 pp vs. state

County GDP

$73.8B

38.98% of state

Avg. annual pay

$69,939

Establishments

18,975

• Education & health services 94,688 27.7%
• Professional & business services 55,622 16.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 54,273 15.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 39,218 11.5%
• Financial activities 27,919 8.2%
• Manufacturing 23,319 6.8%
• Construction 19,490 5.7%
• Other services 10,047 2.9%
• Public administration 9,444 2.8%
• Information 7,369 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 366 0.1%

Home ownership

61.5%

−5.0 pp vs NE · 87th of 93

Median gross rent

$1,201

+$129 vs NE · 2nd of 93

Owner-occupied

146,697

Renter-occupied

91,733

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $105,330/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,196/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 56,055 10.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3,277 0.6%
• Arabic 2,787 0.5%
• Chinese 1,955 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,683 0.3%
• Vietnamese 1,448 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 1,019 0.2%
• Tagalog 838 0.2%
• Korean 563 0.1%

Households

238,430

Family households

143,327

60.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

47,412

33.1% of families

Single-mother families

15,418

10.8% of families

Veterans

26,135

5.9% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.7%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

8.3%

±0.4 pp

31st of 93

With a disability

11.1%

±0.3 pp

77th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

42.1%

±0.8 pp

+7.5 pp vs NE · 2nd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 8.3%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

63

14.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

58