Jury Pool Profile

Furnas County, Nebraska

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 4,605
Median household income: $60,625
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,355 94.6%
Black or African American alone 13 0.3%
Asian alone 5 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 44 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 71 1.5%
Two or more races 117 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 233 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 1,014 22.0%
18–24 320 6.9%
25–44 926 20.1%
45–64 1,171 25.4%
65 and over 1,174 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $300.4M; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,949
Establishments: 212

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 506 28.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 364 20.8%
Public administration 179 10.2%
Natural resources & mining 161 9.2%
Professional & business services 127 7.3%
Manufacturing 118 6.8%
Financial activities 77 4.4%
Information 73 4.2%
Leisure & hospitality 72 4.1%
Construction 50 2.9%
Other services 21 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $805
Owner-occupied: 1,543
Renter-occupied: 463

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,413 votes cast

Republican 2,043 84.7%
Democratic 358 14.8%
Other / third-party 12 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 164 3.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.3%
Other 6 0.1%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%
German 2 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,006
Family households: 1,256; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 1,131
Single-mother households: 59
Veterans: 284; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

76.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,718 37.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,437 31.0%
Catholic 374 8.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 55.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023