Jury Pool Profile

Scotts Bluff County, Nebraska

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 35,937
Median household income: $60,960
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,650 79.7%
Black or African American alone 205 0.6%
Asian alone 235 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 625 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,971 5.5%
Two or more races 4,244 11.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,420 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 8,726 24.3%
18–24 2,858 8.0%
25–44 8,488 23.6%
45–64 8,523 23.7%
65 and over 7,342 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 1.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,713
Establishments: 1,217

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,710 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,699 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,715 10.7%
Construction 1,208 7.6%
Professional & business services 1,046 6.5%
Public administration 1,045 6.5%
Manufacturing 1,037 6.5%
Financial activities 599 3.7%
Other services 444 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 255 1.6%
Information 220 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.3%
Median gross rent: $889
Owner-occupied: 10,314
Renter-occupied: 4,779

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,040 votes cast

Republican 11,033 73.4%
Democratic 3,856 25.6%
Other / third-party 151 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,511 10.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 158 0.5%
German 128 0.4%
Chinese 84 0.2%
Other 70 0.2%
Tagalog 52 0.2%
Slavic languages 29 0.1%
Korean 25 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,093
Family households: 9,344; 61.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,883
Single-mother households: 814
Veterans: 1,925; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,247 20.1%
Catholic 5,518 15.3%
Mainline Protestant 2,894 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,283 3.6%
Black Protestant 100 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.2%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Alliance, Bridgeport, Chadron, Chappell, Gering, Harrisburg, Harrison, Hyannis, Kimball, Oshkosh, Rushville, Sidney

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 7.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023