Perkins County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,541 90.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 16 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 99 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%

• Under 18 686 24.3%
• 18–24 141 5.0%
• 25–44 707 25.1%
• 45–64 614 21.8%
• 65 and over 673 23.9%

Median household income

$78,023

90% interval $71,549–$84,497

+$1,445 vs NE · 17th of 93

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 6.8%–11.8%

−1.3 pp vs NE · 69th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.3%

−0.72 pp vs. state

County GDP

$407.2M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,027

Establishments

144

• Education & health services 345 30.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 329 28.7%
• Construction 122 10.7%
• Public administration 79 6.9%
• Professional & business services 59 5.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 34 3.0%

The sectors listed cover 84.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.7%

+12.2 pp vs NE · 29th of 93

Median gross rent

$922

−$150 vs NE · 15th of 93

Owner-occupied

938

Renter-occupied

254

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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 (Professional & business services, $70,852/yr) pays 5.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,024/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 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 87 3.2%
• German or other West Germanic 4 0.1%

Households

1,192

Family households

800

67.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

260

32.5% of families

Single-mother families

77

9.6% of families

Veterans

202

9.5% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

94.4%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±1.8 pp

69th of 93

With a disability

12.8%

±2.3 pp

61st of 93

Bachelor's or higher

25.8%

±3.8 pp

−8.8 pp vs NE · 30th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 9.7%–12.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0