Jury Pool Profile

Merrick County, Nebraska

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 7,696
Median household income: $62,849
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,123 92.6%
Black or African American alone 5 0.1%
Asian alone 69 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 131 1.7%
Two or more races 342 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 417 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 1,756 22.8%
18–24 530 6.9%
25–44 1,765 22.9%
45–64 2,010 26.1%
65 and over 1,635 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $554.2M; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,455
Establishments: 275

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 646 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 450 18.4%
Construction 436 17.8%
Manufacturing 228 9.3%
Public administration 158 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 148 6.0%
Natural resources & mining 132 5.4%
Financial activities 102 4.2%
Professional & business services 78 3.2%
Other services 49 2.0%
Information 24 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.6%
Median gross rent: $772
Owner-occupied: 2,587
Renter-occupied: 623

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,342 votes cast

Republican 3,551 81.8%
Democratic 730 16.8%
Other / third-party 61 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 233 3.2%
Slavic languages 28 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.2%
Other Indo-European 13 0.2%
Korean 11 0.2%
Other 6 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,210
Family households: 2,057; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,681
Single-mother households: 188
Veterans: 471; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,936 25.2%
Evangelical Protestant 1,023 13.3%
Catholic 727 9.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Albion, Aurora, Central City, Columbus, David City, Fullerton, Osceola, Schuyler, Seward, Wahoo, York

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 67.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023