McPherson County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 439 92.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 32 6.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 100 21.1%
• 18–24 72 15.2%
• 25–44 63 13.3%
• 45–64 139 29.3%
• 65 and over 101 21.3%

Median household income

$67,039

90% interval $58,847–$75,231

−$9,539 vs NE · 57th of 93

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 8.7%–14.7%

+1.1 pp vs NE · 32nd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+1.25 pp vs. state

County GDP

$33.3M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,204

Establishments

10

• Education & health services 26 46.4%
• Public administration 12 21.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 69.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.1%

−1.4 pp vs NE · 83rd of 93

Median gross rent

$588

−$484 vs NE · 89th of 93

Owner-occupied

138

Renter-occupied

74

• 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.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.0× the lowest ($57,861 vs $28,671/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 5.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 267 94.3%
• Democratic 12 4.2%
• Other / third-party 4 1.4%

• Spanish 10 2.2%
• German or other West Germanic 9 1.9%

Households

212

Family households

137

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

35

25.5% of families

Single-mother families

0

0.0% of families

Veterans

23

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 88 22.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 46 11.5%

Health insured

96.6%

±2.5 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

10.9%

±4.1 pp

82nd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

25.7%

±9 pp

−8.9 pp vs NE · 32nd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 6.9%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th Judicial District Court

Judges

4 (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

Arthur, Beaver City, Benkelman, Elwood, Grant, Hayes Center, Imperial, Lexington, McCook, Mullen, North Platte, Ogallala, Stapleton, Stockville, Thedford, Trenton, Tryon

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0