Richardson County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 7,009 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 187 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 19 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 406 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 121 1.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,680 21.7%
• 18–24 513 6.6%
• 25–44 1,592 20.5%
• 45–64 2,071 26.7%
• 65 and over 1,895 24.4%

Median household income

$65,056

90% interval $57,710–$72,402

−$11,522 vs NE · 69th of 93

Below poverty line

11.4%

90% interval 8.7%–14.1%

+0.8 pp vs NE · 37th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$499.3M

0.26% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,132

Establishments

291

• Education & health services 830 35.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 472 20.4%
• Public administration 251 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 177 7.6%
• Manufacturing 171 7.4%
• Professional & business services 127 5.5%
• Financial activities 89 3.8%
• Construction 76 3.3%
• Other services 69 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 37 1.6%
• Information 20 0.9%

Home ownership

77.3%

+10.8 pp vs NE · 38th of 93

Median gross rent

$691

−$381 vs NE · 72nd of 93

Owner-occupied

2,748

Renter-occupied

806

• 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 (Information, $97,159/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,861/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 2,962 75.1%
• Democratic 934 23.7%
• Other / third-party 46 1.2%

• Spanish 44 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

3,554

Family households

2,162

60.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

626

29.0% of families

Single-mother families

170

7.9% of families

Veterans

409

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,802 22.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,118 14.2%
• Catholic 1,011 12.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 103 1.3%

Health insured

93.8%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±2.2 pp

55th of 93

With a disability

17.1%

±2 pp

18th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

23.8%

±3.8 pp

−10.8 pp vs NE · 51st of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.1%–7.7% · 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