Rock County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 1,300 98.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10 0.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5 0.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.2%

• Under 18 263 19.9%
• 18–24 111 8.4%
• 25–44 257 19.5%
• 45–64 307 23.3%
• 65 and over 381 28.9%

Median household income

$65,811

90% interval $58,295–$73,327

−$10,767 vs NE · 66th of 93

Below poverty line

13.1%

90% interval 9.6%–16.6%

+2.5 pp vs NE · 17th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.2%

−0.82 pp vs. state

County GDP

$133.5M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,138

Establishments

60

• Education & health services 179 38.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 129 27.9%
• Public administration 47 10.2%
• Natural resources & mining 32 6.9%
• Financial activities 16 3.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 14 3.0%
• Information 1 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 90.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.3%

+2.8 pp vs NE · 67th of 93

Median gross rent

$644

−$428 vs NE · 84th of 93

Owner-occupied

416

Renter-occupied

184

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% 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, $74,056/yr) pays 7.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $9,525/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 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 21 1.7%

Households

600

Family households

387

64.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

122

31.5% of families

Single-mother families

21

5.4% of families

Veterans

51

4.8% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

95.1%

±3.2 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

11.5%

±2.4 pp

74th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

27.1%

±5.4 pp

−7.5 pp vs NE · 27th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.0%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0