Jury Pool Profile

Hitchcock County, Nebraska

Republican +78 (2024)

Population: 2,601
Median household income: $52,016
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,473 95.1%
Black or African American alone 2 0.1%
Asian alone 8 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 21 0.8%
Two or more races 91 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 101 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.7

Under 18 624 24.0%
18–24 136 5.2%
25–44 545 21.0%
45–64 618 23.8%
65 and over 678 26.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $182.2M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,135
Establishments: 92

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 188 29.4%
Manufacturing 100 15.6%
Education & health services 94 14.7%
Public administration 90 14.1%
Natural resources & mining 75 11.7%
Construction 28 4.4%
Financial activities 14 2.2%
Other services 7 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.1%
Median gross rent: $715
Owner-occupied: 890
Renter-occupied: 235

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,433 votes cast

Republican 1,269 88.6%
Democratic 152 10.6%
Other / third-party 12 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 18 0.7%
Tagalog 8 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,125
Family households: 703; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 565
Single-mother households: 76
Veterans: 185; 9.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 577 22.1%
Mainline Protestant 419 16.0%
Catholic 230 8.8%
Black Protestant 150 5.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023