Morrill County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,649 80.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 668 14.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 13 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 124 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 18 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 46 1.0%

• Under 18 1,017 22.4%
• 18–24 415 9.2%
• 25–44 987 21.8%
• 45–64 1,112 24.5%
• 65 and over 1,003 22.1%

Median household income

$67,099

90% interval $59,220–$74,978

−$9,479 vs NE · 55th of 93

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 10.0%–16.8%

+2.8 pp vs NE · 12th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$472.9M

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,319

Establishments

178

• Education & health services 519 34.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 341 22.8%
• Natural resources & mining 155 10.4%
• Public administration 131 8.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 131 8.8%
• Financial activities 64 4.3%
• Construction 46 3.1%
• Manufacturing 37 2.5%
• Professional & business services 35 2.3%

The sectors listed cover 97.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.3%

+10.8 pp vs NE · 37th of 93

Median gross rent

$768

−$304 vs NE · 52nd of 93

Owner-occupied

1,482

Renter-occupied

436

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $70,914/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,299/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,026 83.5%
• Democratic 366 15.1%
• Other / third-party 34 1.4%

• Spanish 204 4.8%
• German or other West Germanic 85 2.0%
• Chinese 4 0.1%

Households

1,918

Family households

1,171

61.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

316

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

82

7.0% of families

Veterans

263

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,046 23.0%
• Catholic 709 15.6%
• Mainline Protestant 515 11.3%
• Orthodox 55 1.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

91.6%

±3.1 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±3.1 pp

29th of 93

With a disability

15.1%

±2.5 pp

33rd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

19.4%

±3.5 pp

−15.2 pp vs NE · 85th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.0%

90% interval 8.7%–11.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

12th 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

Alliance, Bridgeport, Chadron, Chappell, Gering, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hyannis, Kimball, Oshkosh, Rushville, Sidney

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

28.43 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1