Jury Pool Profile

Gosper County, Nebraska

Republican +62.9 (2024)

County seat: Elwood
Judicial district: 11th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 1,803; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,040.

At a glance

Gosper County is a 1,803-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $76,403; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 26.8% of covered employment, average pay $43,132/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, above the 2.98% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 81% of the vote across the three.

Population: 2,040
Median household income: $77,500
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 0%.

Gosper County has a population of 2,040, with a median age of 48.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.6%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 7.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $76,403; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 1,831 89.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 151 7.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 12 0.6%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 39 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 48.4

Under 18 423 20.7%
18–24 119 5.8%
25–44 400 19.6%
45–64 611 30.0%
65 and over 487 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $76,403; 90% interval $70,730–$82,076; −$175 vs NE · 20th of 93
Below poverty line: 8.9%; 90% interval 6.7%–11.1%; −1.7 pp vs NE · 74th of 93

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Energy-sector presence

BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 11.3%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 20.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.25%, above the Nebraska state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $122.9M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,569
Establishments: 76

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 114 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 85 20.0%
Public administration 48 11.3%
Natural resources & mining 48 11.3%
Financial activities 33 7.7%
Leisure & hospitality 32 7.5%

The sectors listed cover 84.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 81.0%; +14.5 pp vs NE · 15th of 93
Median gross rent: $664; −$408 vs NE · 77th of 93
Owner-occupied: 677
Renter-occupied: 159

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Moderate wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $86,277/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,584/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 5.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Gosper County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.1% in 2024, 79.7% in 2020, 79.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,118 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 907 81.1%
Democratic 203 18.2%
Other / third-party 8 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish. Veterans account for 5.3% of the adult civilian population (85 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

German or other West Germanic 57 2.9%
Spanish 22 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 836
Family households: 595; 71.2% of households
Married couples w/ children: 151; 25.4% of families
Single-mother families: 3; 0.5% of families
Veterans: 85; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

50.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 632 33.4%
Mainline Protestant 202 10.7%
Catholic 114 6.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.6%; ±4.7 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
With a disability: 11.5%; ±3 pp; 73rd of 93
Bachelor's or higher: 27.4%; ±4.7 pp; −7.2 pp vs NE · 24th of 93
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 7.5%; 90% interval 6.5%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Gosper totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 1; 61.84 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	79.2%	16.5%
2020	79.7%	19.2%
2024	81.1%	18.2%