Jury Pool Profile

Otoe County, Nebraska

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 16,075
Median household income: $81,430
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,201 88.3%
Black or African American alone 129 0.8%
Asian alone 13 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 55 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 713 4.4%
Two or more races 964 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,331 8.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 3,895 24.2%
18–24 1,143 7.1%
25–44 3,661 22.8%
45–64 4,091 25.4%
65 and over 3,285 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,027
Establishments: 508

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,335 21.4%
Education & health services 1,325 21.3%
Manufacturing 1,282 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 885 14.2%
Public administration 387 6.2%
Construction 292 4.7%
Professional & business services 248 4.0%
Financial activities 190 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 166 2.7%
Other services 77 1.2%
Information 38 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $905
Owner-occupied: 5,149
Renter-occupied: 1,274

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,198 votes cast

Republican 5,651 68.9%
Democratic 2,463 30.0%
Other / third-party 84 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,026 6.8%
Other 64 0.4%
Slavic languages 24 0.2%
Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%
German 14 0.1%
Chinese 2 0.0%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,423
Family households: 4,173; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,434
Single-mother households: 380
Veterans: 993; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.5% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 4,705 29.6%
Catholic 2,226 14.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 511 3.2%
Evangelical Protestant 439 2.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 16.42 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023