Jury Pool Profile

Perkins County, Nebraska

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 2,835
Median household income: $67,500
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,599 91.7%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 18 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 26 0.9%
Two or more races 188 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 144 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 704 24.8%
18–24 156 5.5%
25–44 710 25.0%
45–64 603 21.3%
65 and over 662 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; -0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $407.2M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,156
Establishments: 152

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 352 31.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 322 28.7%
Construction 99 8.8%
Public administration 82 7.3%
Natural resources & mining 80 7.1%
Professional & business services 66 5.9%
Manufacturing 41 3.7%
Leisure & hospitality 32 2.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.7%
Median gross rent: $783
Owner-occupied: 903
Renter-occupied: 259

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,426 votes cast

Republican 1,224 85.8%
Democratic 187 13.1%
Other / third-party 15 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 70 2.6%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%
German 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,162
Family households: 752; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 664
Single-mother households: 57
Veterans: 203; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 634 22.2%
Mainline Protestant 501 17.5%
Catholic 204 7.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Arthur, Beaver City, Benkelman, Elwood, Grant, Hayes Center, Imperial, Lexington, McCook, Mullen, North Platte, Ogallala, Stapleton, Stockville, Thedford, Trenton, Tryon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023