Jury Pool Profile

Sheridan County, Nebraska

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 5,058
Median household income: $56,900
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,152 82.1%
Black or African American alone 31 0.6%
Asian alone 67 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 534 10.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 70 1.4%
Two or more races 204 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 260 5.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.6

Under 18 1,082 21.4%
18–24 351 6.9%
25–44 1,019 20.1%
45–64 1,232 24.4%
65 and over 1,374 27.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $436.7M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,267
Establishments: 225

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 516 30.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 399 23.2%
Natural resources & mining 195 11.3%
Public administration 161 9.4%
Leisure & hospitality 104 6.0%
Financial activities 100 5.8%
Other services 46 2.7%
Professional & business services 33 1.9%
Information 17 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.8%
Median gross rent: $771
Owner-occupied: 1,482
Renter-occupied: 640

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,484 votes cast

Republican 2,102 84.6%
Democratic 362 14.6%
Other / third-party 20 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 93 2.0%
Other 48 1.0%
Vietnamese 31 0.7%
Slavic languages 20 0.4%
Other Indo-European 18 0.4%
German 12 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 8 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,122
Family households: 1,445; 68.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,209
Single-mother households: 58
Veterans: 389; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,250 24.4%
Mainline Protestant 852 16.6%
Catholic 751 14.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 321 6.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.1%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.7%

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: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023