Keith County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,016 85.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 749 9.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 91 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 59 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 295 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,692 20.6%
• 18–24 438 5.3%
• 25–44 1,597 19.4%
• 45–64 2,198 26.7%
• 65 and over 2,294 27.9%

Median household income

$63,394

90% interval $58,939–$67,849

−$13,184 vs NE · 74th of 93

Below poverty line

10.6%

90% interval 7.8%–13.4%

+0.0 pp vs NE · 57th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.5%

−0.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$526.3M

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,837

Establishments

380

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,006 31.1%
• Education & health services 561 17.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 545 16.8%
• Public administration 218 6.7%
• Manufacturing 217 6.7%
• Professional & business services 194 6.0%
• Financial activities 163 5.0%

The sectors listed cover 89.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.1%

+4.6 pp vs NE · 63rd of 93

Median gross rent

$771

−$301 vs NE · 51st of 93

Owner-occupied

2,881

Renter-occupied

1,170

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Financial activities, $80,107/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,035/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,416 81.4%
• Democratic 731 17.4%
• Other / third-party 52 1.2%

• Spanish 349 4.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 25 0.3%
• Tagalog 25 0.3%
• Vietnamese 9 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 3 0.0%

Households

4,051

Family households

2,461

60.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

559

22.7% of families

Single-mother families

190

7.7% of families

Veterans

535

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 1,825 21.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,473 17.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,045 12.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 150 1.8%

Health insured

93.4%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±2.2 pp

49th of 93

With a disability

16.2%

±2.3 pp

25th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

22.7%

±3.2 pp

−11.9 pp vs NE · 61st of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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.

Traffic fatalities

1

15.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1