Madison County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,448 77.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,797 16.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 278 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 447 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,186 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 333 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 43 0.1%

• Under 18 8,980 25.3%
• 18–24 3,265 9.2%
• 25–44 8,731 24.6%
• 45–64 8,371 23.6%
• 65 and over 6,185 17.4%

Median household income

$69,056

90% interval $62,220–$75,892

−$7,522 vs NE · 49th of 93

Below poverty line

12.3%

90% interval 10.2%–14.4%

+1.7 pp vs NE · 23rd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.2B

1.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,641

Establishments

1,324

• Education & health services 6,195 28.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,045 23.0%
• Manufacturing 3,670 16.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,885 8.6%
• Professional & business services 1,223 5.6%
• Construction 1,099 5.0%
• Public administration 929 4.2%
• Financial activities 916 4.2%
• Other services 624 2.8%
• Information 216 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 141 0.6%

Home ownership

65.4%

−1.1 pp vs NE · 82nd of 93

Median gross rent

$881

−$191 vs NE · 25th of 93

Owner-occupied

9,465

Renter-occupied

4,997

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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, $77,168/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,261/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 3,603 10.9%
• German or other West Germanic 123 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 102 0.3%
• Korean 87 0.3%
• Tagalog 50 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 28 0.1%

Households

14,462

Family households

8,743

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,891

33.1% of families

Single-mother families

900

10.3% of families

Veterans

1,522

5.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.5 pp

35th of 93

With a disability

13.2%

±1.4 pp

56th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

23.7%

±2 pp

−10.9 pp vs NE · 53rd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.4%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

22.6 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6