Pawnee County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,375 93.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 49 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 103 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 621 24.5%
• 18–24 149 5.9%
• 25–44 499 19.7%
• 45–64 543 21.5%
• 65 and over 718 28.4%

Median household income

$62,600

90% interval $56,013–$69,187

−$13,978 vs NE · 77th of 93

Below poverty line

12.9%

90% interval 9.7%–16.1%

+2.3 pp vs NE · 21st of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

+0.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$140.9M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,848

Establishments

88

• Education & health services 226 33.1%
• Manufacturing 126 18.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 109 16.0%
• Public administration 73 10.7%
• Financial activities 46 6.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 27 4.0%

The sectors listed cover 88.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.2%

+13.7 pp vs NE · 20th of 93

Median gross rent

$706

−$366 vs NE · 67th of 93

Owner-occupied

874

Renter-occupied

216

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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, $68,903/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,900/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 7.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,085 78.7%
• Democratic 284 20.6%
• Other / third-party 10 0.7%

• German or other West Germanic 175 7.4%
• Spanish 12 0.5%
• Arabic 4 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.1%

Households

1,090

Family households

635

58.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

209

32.9% of families

Single-mother families

38

6.0% of families

Veterans

185

9.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 468 18.4%
• Mainline Protestant 445 17.5%
• Catholic 165 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

Health insured

87.0%

±5.3 pp

Uninsured

13.0%

±5.3 pp

2nd of 93

With a disability

16.8%

±3.2 pp

19th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±3.6 pp

−13.4 pp vs NE · 72nd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.5%

90% interval 10.0%–13.0% · 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

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0