Keya Paha County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 765 93.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 38 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2 0.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 16 1.9%

• Under 18 202 24.6%
• 18–24 66 8.0%
• 25–44 113 13.7%
• 45–64 233 28.3%
• 65 and over 208 25.3%

Median household income

$62,133

90% interval $55,035–$69,231

−$14,445 vs NE · 79th of 93

Below poverty line

16.0%

90% interval 11.8%–20.2%

+5.4 pp vs NE · 3rd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

+0.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$52.9M

0.03% of state

Avg. annual pay

$34,096

Establishments

33

• Education & health services 35 25.0%
• Natural resources & mining 32 22.9%
• Public administration 31 22.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 20 14.3%
• Other services 8 5.7%
• Information 1 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 90.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.8%

+14.3 pp vs NE · 16th of 93

Median gross rent

$875

−$197 vs NE · 28th of 93

Owner-occupied

244

Renter-occupied

58

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Education & health services, $41,021/yr) pays 7.7× the lowest (Information, $5,353/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 4.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 500 91.9%
• Democratic 44 8.1%

• Spanish 28 3.7%
• German or other West Germanic 10 1.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.4%

Households

302

Family households

214

70.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

49

22.9% of families

Single-mother families

7

3.3% of families

Veterans

30

4.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 392 51.0%
• Mainline Protestant 130 16.9%

Health insured

90.1%

±6.5 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

12.2%

±3 pp

70th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

20.6%

±4.9 pp

−14.0 pp vs NE · 76th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.5%

90% interval 10.9%–14.1% · 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