Jury Pool Profile

Rock County, Nebraska

Republican +79 (2024)

Population: 1,335
Median household income: $57,500
Unemployment: 2.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,315 98.5%
Black or African American alone 2 0.1%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 8 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 2 0.1%
Two or more races 8 0.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.2

Under 18 300 22.5%
18–24 95 7.1%
25–44 269 20.1%
45–64 329 24.6%
65 and over 342 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.4%; -0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $133.5M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,871
Establishments: 60

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 182 39.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 138 29.9%
Public administration 47 10.2%
Natural resources & mining 30 6.5%
Financial activities 15 3.3%
Information 1 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $608
Owner-occupied: 441
Renter-occupied: 141

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 834 votes cast

Republican 745 89.3%
Democratic 85 10.2%
Other / third-party 4 0.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 11 0.9%
Other Indo-European 6 0.5%
German 3 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 582
Family households: 393; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 354
Single-mother households: 27
Veterans: 36; 3.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.3% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 416 33.0%
Catholic 100 7.9%
Evangelical Protestant 68 5.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Ainsworth, Bartlett, Bassett, Brewster, Broken Bow, Burwell, Butte, Greeley, Loup City, O'Neill, Ord, Saint Paul, Springview, Taylor, Valentine

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