Gage County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,999 92.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 742 3.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 105 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 144 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 538 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 74 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%

• Under 18 4,888 22.6%
• 18–24 1,549 7.2%
• 25–44 4,768 22.0%
• 45–64 5,648 26.1%
• 65 and over 4,776 22.1%

Median household income

$74,705

90% interval $67,041–$82,369

−$1,873 vs NE · 26th of 93

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.6%–12.8%

+0.1 pp vs NE · 54th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.84% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,760

Establishments

729

• Education & health services 2,703 30.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,991 22.7%
• Manufacturing 1,530 17.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 744 8.5%
• Public administration 462 5.3%
• Construction 404 4.6%
• Professional & business services 267 3.0%
• Financial activities 259 2.9%
• Other services 242 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 111 1.3%
• Information 67 0.8%

Home ownership

73.5%

+7.0 pp vs NE · 56th of 93

Median gross rent

$774

−$298 vs NE · 49th of 93

Owner-occupied

6,858

Renter-occupied

2,469

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% 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 (Manufacturing, $63,418/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,257/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,523 68.9%
• Democratic 3,242 29.7%
• Other / third-party 151 1.4%

• Spanish 517 2.5%
• German or other West Germanic 87 0.4%
• Chinese 62 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 48 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 26 0.1%
• Arabic 3 0.0%
• Tagalog 2 0.0%

Households

9,327

Family households

5,685

61.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,559

27.4% of families

Single-mother families

482

8.5% of families

Veterans

1,272

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 7,121 32.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,189 19.3%
• Catholic 1,558 7.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 441 2.0%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.2 pp

77th of 93

With a disability

17.4%

±1.5 pp

13th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

23.1%

±2 pp

−11.5 pp vs NE · 57th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.7%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

11.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2