Nemaha County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,289 89.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 229 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 78 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 382 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 57 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 1,569 22.3%
• 18–24 836 11.9%
• 25–44 1,676 23.8%
• 45–64 1,545 21.9%
• 65 and over 1,420 20.2%

Median household income

$66,996

90% interval $61,269–$72,723

−$9,582 vs NE · 59th of 93

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 8.8%–14.6%

+1.1 pp vs NE · 33rd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

+0.36 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.56% of state

Avg. annual pay

$69,697

Establishments

219

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,071 36.9%
• Education & health services 881 30.3%
• Public administration 282 9.7%
• Manufacturing 180 6.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 172 5.9%
• Financial activities 89 3.1%
• Other services 66 2.3%

The sectors listed cover 94.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.9%

−0.6 pp vs NE · 80th of 93

Median gross rent

$772

−$300 vs NE · 50th of 93

Owner-occupied

1,875

Renter-occupied

972

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% 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 (Trade, transportation & utilities, $109,121/yr) pays 5.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,652/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 2,443 71.5%
• Democratic 915 26.8%
• Other / third-party 60 1.8%

• Spanish 170 2.6%
• German or other West Germanic 41 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 22 0.3%
• Arabic 14 0.2%
• Tagalog 8 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.1%

Households

2,847

Family households

1,632

57.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

322

19.7% of families

Single-mother families

163

10.0% of families

Veterans

421

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,753 24.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,034 14.6%
• Catholic 478 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7 0.1%

Health insured

89.8%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

10.2%

±2.4 pp

8th of 93

With a disability

17.1%

±3.1 pp

17th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

29.4%

±3.6 pp

−5.2 pp vs NE · 19th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.4%–10.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st 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

Auburn, Beatrice, Fairbury, Falls City, Geneva, Hebron, Nebraska City, Pawnee City, Tecumseh, Wilber

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

18.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1