Jury Pool Profile

Saunders County, Nebraska

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 22,761
Median household income: $89,395
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,411 94.1%
Black or African American alone 153 0.7%
Asian alone 73 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 36 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 146 0.6%
Two or more races 936 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 617 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

Under 18 5,673 24.9%
18–24 1,542 6.8%
25–44 5,346 23.5%
45–64 6,051 26.6%
65 and over 4,149 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,905
Establishments: 656

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,468 24.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,139 19.3%
Construction 782 13.2%
Public administration 559 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 523 8.8%
Manufacturing 392 6.6%
Professional & business services 377 6.4%
Financial activities 259 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 229 3.9%
Other services 129 2.2%
Information 58 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.7%
Median gross rent: $930
Owner-occupied: 7,203
Renter-occupied: 1,617

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,565 votes cast

Republican 9,854 72.6%
Democratic 3,558 26.2%
Other / third-party 153 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 194 0.9%
Slavic languages 73 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.3%
Vietnamese 32 0.1%
German 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.0%
Chinese 9 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,820
Family households: 6,157; 69.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,263
Single-mother households: 259
Veterans: 1,307; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 5,048 22.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,577 16.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,135 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 187 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Albion, Aurora, Central City, Columbus, David City, Fullerton, Osceola, Schuyler, Seward, Wahoo, York

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 40.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023