Jury Pool Profile

Fillmore County, Nebraska

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 5,551
Median household income: $76,354
Unemployment: 2.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,261 94.8%
Black or African American alone 15 0.3%
Asian alone 9 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 21 0.4%
Two or more races 227 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 204 3.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.3

Under 18 1,086 19.6%
18–24 344 6.2%
25–44 1,271 22.9%
45–64 1,531 27.6%
65 and over 1,319 23.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.3%; -0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $559.5M; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,121
Establishments: 280

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 725 30.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 522 22.0%
Manufacturing 227 9.6%
Construction 214 9.0%
Public administration 160 6.7%
Natural resources & mining 146 6.1%
Leisure & hospitality 138 5.8%
Financial activities 137 5.8%
Other services 60 2.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $667
Owner-occupied: 1,909
Renter-occupied: 473

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,013 votes cast

Republican 2,315 76.8%
Democratic 662 22.0%
Other / third-party 36 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 77 1.5%
Slavic languages 16 0.3%
Other Indo-European 13 0.2%
German 3 0.1%
Chinese 1 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,382
Family households: 1,501; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,310
Single-mother households: 52
Veterans: 327; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,171 39.1%
Catholic 800 14.4%
Evangelical Protestant 513 9.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Auburn, Beatrice, Fairbury, Falls City, Geneva, Hebron, Nebraska City, Pawnee City, Tecumseh, Wilber

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 44.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023