Nuckolls County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,784 92.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 146 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 134 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 751 18.4%
• 18–24 220 5.4%
• 25–44 846 20.7%
• 45–64 1,072 26.2%
• 65 and over 1,198 29.3%

Median household income

$67,032

90% interval $59,604–$74,460

−$9,546 vs NE · 58th of 93

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 7.9%–13.5%

+0.1 pp vs NE · 56th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.5%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$383.7M

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,620

Establishments

186

• Education & health services 713 43.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 378 23.1%
• Public administration 150 9.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 113 6.9%
• Professional & business services 85 5.2%
• Financial activities 64 3.9%
• Natural resources & mining 48 2.9%
• Other services 5 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 95.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.5%

+17.0 pp vs NE · 4th of 93

Median gross rent

$585

−$487 vs NE · 90th of 93

Owner-occupied

1,602

Renter-occupied

317

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 76% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $71,822/yr) pays 6.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $11,863/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 8.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,836 81.3%
• Democratic 399 17.7%
• Other / third-party 23 1.0%

• Spanish 44 1.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 10 0.3%
• Arabic 5 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.1%

Households

1,919

Family households

1,277

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

318

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

43

3.4% of families

Veterans

313

9.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 893 21.8%
• Mainline Protestant 845 20.6%
• Catholic 687 16.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.1%

Health insured

90.7%

±3 pp

Uninsured

9.3%

±3 pp

20th of 93

With a disability

13.6%

±2.7 pp

50th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

23.1%

±3.2 pp

−11.5 pp vs NE · 58th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.4%–9.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th 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

Alma, Clay Center, Franklin, Hastings, Holdrege, Minden, Nelson, Red Cloud

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0