Jury Pool Profile

Madison County, Nebraska

Republican +56 (2024)

Population: 35,535
Median household income: $64,637
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,939 81.4%
Black or African American alone 322 0.9%
Asian alone 432 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 593 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,884 5.3%
Two or more races 3,365 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,658 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

Under 18 9,031 25.4%
18–24 3,269 9.2%
25–44 8,791 24.7%
45–64 8,401 23.6%
65 and over 6,043 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.2B; 1.71% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,267
Establishments: 1,339

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,061 27.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,170 23.5%
Manufacturing 3,767 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,886 8.6%
Professional & business services 1,219 5.5%
Construction 1,103 5.0%
Financial activities 935 4.2%
Public administration 909 4.1%
Other services 609 2.8%
Information 208 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 144 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.5%
Median gross rent: $851
Owner-occupied: 9,559
Renter-occupied: 4,593

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,690 votes cast

Republican 12,145 77.4%
Democratic 3,360 21.4%
Other / third-party 185 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,469 10.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 161 0.5%
Slavic languages 126 0.4%
German 108 0.3%
Chinese 57 0.2%
Korean 55 0.2%
Tagalog 29 0.1%
Other 27 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,152
Family households: 8,690; 61.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,832
Single-mother households: 874
Veterans: 1,556; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,759 35.9%
Catholic 8,125 22.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,645 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 736 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th 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: Center, Madison, Neligh, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne, West Point

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 15.09 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023