Frontier County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,340 91.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 126 4.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 10 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 84 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 528 20.6%
• 18–24 275 10.7%
• 25–44 522 20.3%
• 45–64 569 22.1%
• 65 and over 675 26.3%

Median household income

$66,591

90% interval $59,095–$74,087

−$9,987 vs NE · 63rd of 93

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 8.2%–14.4%

+0.7 pp vs NE · 40th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

+0.18 pp vs. state

County GDP

$104.2M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,237

Establishments

96

• Education & health services 219 28.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 144 18.8%
• Natural resources & mining 86 11.3%
• Public administration 84 11.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 55 7.2%
• Financial activities 35 4.6%
• Professional & business services 34 4.5%
• Other services 17 2.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.0%

+7.5 pp vs NE · 52nd of 93

Median gross rent

$666

−$406 vs NE · 76th of 93

Owner-occupied

795

Renter-occupied

279

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $61,637/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $12,092/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 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,213 86.0%
• Democratic 185 13.1%
• Other / third-party 12 0.9%

• Spanish 49 2.0%
• German or other West Germanic 11 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

1,074

Family households

721

67.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

193

26.8% of families

Single-mother families

47

6.5% of families

Veterans

127

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,036 41.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 345 13.7%
• Catholic 45 1.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

Health insured

93.6%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±2.4 pp

53rd of 93

With a disability

18.8%

±3 pp

8th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

25.7%

±3.6 pp

−8.9 pp vs NE · 31st of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.0%

90% interval 8.7%–11.3% · 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

2

97.99 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1