Dundy County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,606 92.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 57 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 63 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 352 20.3%
• 18–24 159 9.2%
• 25–44 335 19.3%
• 45–64 463 26.7%
• 65 and over 427 24.6%

Median household income

$61,146

90% interval $53,824–$68,468

−$15,432 vs NE · 84th of 93

Below poverty line

12.9%

90% interval 9.7%–16.1%

+2.3 pp vs NE · 18th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.0%

−1.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$240.8M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,348

Establishments

84

• Education & health services 238 36.6%
• Natural resources & mining 113 17.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 102 15.7%
• Public administration 71 10.9%
• Professional & business services 31 4.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 22 3.4%

The sectors listed cover 88.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.6%

+7.1 pp vs NE · 55th of 93

Median gross rent

$656

−$416 vs NE · 80th of 93

Owner-occupied

573

Renter-occupied

206

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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 (Professional & business services, $58,904/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,867/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 829 89.2%
• Democratic 96 10.3%
• Other / third-party 4 0.4%

• Spanish 50 3.1%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.2%

Households

779

Family households

436

56.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

108

24.8% of families

Single-mother families

34

7.8% of families

Veterans

52

3.8% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 821 49.6%
• Catholic 104 6.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 47 2.8%

Health insured

94.5%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±2.6 pp

71st of 93

With a disability

15.1%

±3.5 pp

32nd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

20.2%

±4.5 pp

−14.4 pp vs NE · 79th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 7.7%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th Judicial District Court

Judges

4 (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

Arthur, Beaver City, Benkelman, Elwood, Grant, Hayes Center, Imperial, Lexington, McCook, Mullen, North Platte, Ogallala, Stapleton, Stockville, Thedford, Trenton, Tryon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

72.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1