Lancaster County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 254,346 77.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,767 8.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,139 3.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 13,280 4.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 17,025 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 971 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 190 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 978 0.3%

• Under 18 73,279 22.4%
• 18–24 47,795 14.6%
• 25–44 86,417 26.5%
• 45–64 69,286 21.2%
• 65 and over 49,919 15.3%

Median household income

$76,062

90% interval $72,488–$79,636

−$516 vs NE · 23rd of 93

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 10.6%–13.0%

+1.2 pp vs NE · 31st of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$28.8B

15.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,528

Establishments

9,818

• Education & health services 46,715 26.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 31,647 17.9%
• Professional & business services 20,242 11.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 19,367 10.9%
• Public administration 15,437 8.7%
• Manufacturing 14,023 7.9%
• Construction 10,527 5.9%
• Financial activities 9,370 5.3%
• Other services 5,407 3.1%
• Information 3,799 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 408 0.2%

Home ownership

58.9%

−7.6 pp vs NE · 92nd of 93

Median gross rent

$1,085

+$13 vs NE · 3rd of 93

Owner-occupied

79,065

Renter-occupied

55,061

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $98,064/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,678/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 14,422 4.7%
• Vietnamese 4,317 1.4%
• Arabic 2,980 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2,531 0.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,787 0.6%
• Chinese 1,581 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 712 0.2%
• Tagalog 468 0.2%
• Korean 125 0.0%

Households

134,126

Family households

78,277

58.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

24,839

31.7% of families

Single-mother families

6,914

8.8% of families

Veterans

14,435

5.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.1%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±0.4 pp

62nd of 93

With a disability

12.4%

±0.5 pp

68th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

41.9%

±1 pp

+7.3 pp vs NE · 3rd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 7.0%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

24

9.47 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

22