Franklin County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,639 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 99 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 88 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 14 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.1%

• Under 18 576 20.2%
• 18–24 153 5.4%
• 25–44 585 20.6%
• 45–64 732 25.7%
• 65 and over 800 28.1%

Median household income

$63,738

90% interval $57,383–$70,093

−$12,840 vs NE · 71st of 93

Below poverty line

12.1%

90% interval 9.1%–15.1%

+1.5 pp vs NE · 24th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$125.3M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,146

Establishments

130

• Education & health services 244 31.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 180 23.0%
• Natural resources & mining 90 11.5%
• Public administration 83 10.6%
• Professional & business services 41 5.2%
• Financial activities 38 4.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 38 4.8%

The sectors listed cover 91.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.2%

+16.7 pp vs NE · 5th of 93

Median gross rent

$691

−$381 vs NE · 71st of 93

Owner-occupied

1,076

Renter-occupied

217

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $64,426/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,458/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,351 84.4%
• Democratic 236 14.8%
• Other / third-party 13 0.8%

• Spanish 69 2.6%
• German or other West Germanic 5 0.2%

Households

1,293

Family households

787

60.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

189

24.0% of families

Single-mother families

61

7.8% of families

Veterans

170

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,334 46.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 365 12.6%
• Black Protestant 150 5.2%
• Catholic 128 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

Health insured

95.6%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±1.3 pp

85th of 93

With a disability

18.8%

±2.6 pp

7th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±3 pp

−13.3 pp vs NE · 70th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.2%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th 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

Alma, Clay Center, Franklin, Hastings, Holdrege, Minden, Nelson, Red Cloud

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0