Hall County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 37,835 60.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,289 32.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,063 3.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 605 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,413 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 100 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 26 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 205 0.3%

• Under 18 17,154 27.4%
• 18–24 5,257 8.4%
• 25–44 15,837 25.3%
• 45–64 14,499 23.2%
• 65 and over 9,789 15.7%

Median household income

$71,025

90% interval $63,723–$78,327

−$5,553 vs NE · 39th of 93

Below poverty line

15.1%

90% interval 13.1%–17.1%

+4.5 pp vs NE · 5th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.3B

2.79% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,864

Establishments

1,964

• Manufacturing 7,653 21.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,583 21.1%
• Education & health services 7,504 20.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,805 10.6%
• Professional & business services 2,394 6.7%
• Construction 2,106 5.9%
• Financial activities 1,723 4.8%
• Public administration 1,517 4.2%
• Other services 1,095 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 314 0.9%
• Information 197 0.5%

Home ownership

62.0%

−4.5 pp vs NE · 85th of 93

Median gross rent

$943

−$129 vs NE · 12th of 93

Owner-occupied

15,239

Renter-occupied

9,348

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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, $79,365/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,392/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 15,566 68.3%
• Democratic 6,956 30.5%
• Other / third-party 282 1.2%

• Spanish 14,450 24.9%
• Arabic 423 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 176 0.3%
• Vietnamese 86 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 63 0.1%
• Tagalog 37 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 34 0.1%
• Chinese 5 0.0%

Households

24,587

Family households

15,978

65.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,853

30.4% of families

Single-mother families

2,235

14.0% of families

Veterans

2,487

5.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,381 21.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 8,331 13.2%
• Mainline Protestant 5,745 9.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,132 1.8%

Health insured

87.1%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

12.9%

±1.5 pp

3rd of 93

With a disability

12.7%

±1.3 pp

63rd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

21.5%

±1.6 pp

−13.1 pp vs NE · 69th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.5%

90% interval 10.4%–12.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th 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

Grand Island, Kearney

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

13.22 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3