Howard County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,954 91.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 212 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 42 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 320 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,648 25.2%
• 18–24 418 6.4%
• 25–44 1,391 21.3%
• 45–64 1,596 24.4%
• 65 and over 1,481 22.7%

Median household income

$73,933

90% interval $65,900–$81,966

−$2,645 vs NE · 32nd of 93

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 7.0%–12.0%

−1.1 pp vs NE · 67th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.5%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$288.3M

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,227

Establishments

223

• Education & health services 541 34.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 429 27.1%
• Public administration 156 9.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 120 7.6%
• Financial activities 76 4.8%
• Natural resources & mining 74 4.7%
• Other services 3 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.2%

+11.7 pp vs NE · 32nd of 93

Median gross rent

$777

−$295 vs NE · 47th of 93

Owner-occupied

1,959

Renter-occupied

545

• 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 (Natural resources & mining, $55,812/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,638/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.1 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,868 80.8%
• Democratic 642 18.1%
• Other / third-party 40 1.1%

• Spanish 98 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 49 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.0%

Households

2,504

Family households

1,772

70.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

519

29.3% of families

Single-mother families

119

6.7% of families

Veterans

358

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,433 37.6%
• Mainline Protestant 760 11.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 750 11.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.2%

±3.6 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

14.1%

±2 pp

42nd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

26.0%

±3.6 pp

−8.6 pp vs NE · 29th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.1%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial District Court

Judges

2 (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

Ainsworth, Bartlett, Bassett, Brewster, Broken Bow, Burwell, Butte, Greeley, Loup City, O'Neill, Ord, Saint Paul, Springview, Taylor, Valentine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0