Jury Pool Profile

Lancaster County, Nebraska

Democratic +4 (2024)

Population: 323,673
Median household income: $72,625
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 266,343 82.3%
Black or African American alone 12,203 3.8%
Asian alone 13,154 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,228 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 189 0.1%
Some other race alone 6,880 2.1%
Two or more races 22,676 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26,670 8.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.3

Under 18 73,290 22.6%
18–24 47,318 14.6%
25–44 85,513 26.4%
45–64 69,347 21.4%
65 and over 48,205 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $28.8B; 15.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,332
Establishments: 9,853

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 45,717 26.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 31,749 18.1%
Professional & business services 20,500 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 19,120 10.9%
Public administration 15,087 8.6%
Manufacturing 14,062 8.0%
Construction 10,229 5.8%
Financial activities 9,240 5.3%
Other services 5,460 3.1%
Information 3,786 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 397 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.8%
Median gross rent: $1,045
Owner-occupied: 77,767
Renter-occupied: 54,395

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 157,633 votes cast

Democratic 81,012 51.4%
Republican 74,215 47.1%
Other / third-party 2,406 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 14,260 4.7%
Other Indo-European 4,681 1.5%
Vietnamese 4,651 1.5%
Arabic 3,015 1.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,696 0.9%
Slavic languages 2,432 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,571 0.5%
Chinese 1,562 0.5%
Other 1,053 0.3%
German 785 0.3%
Tagalog 406 0.1%
Korean 188 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 132,162
Family households: 77,258; 58.5% of households
Married w/ children: 59,980
Single-mother households: 7,167
Veterans: 14,576; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 50,070 15.5%
Catholic 42,723 13.2%
Mainline Protestant 41,810 13.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,991 2.2%
Black Protestant 614 0.2%
Orthodox 245 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 9 (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: Lincoln

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 6.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023