Stanton County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,159 89.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 406 7.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 66 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 154 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

• Under 18 1,450 25.0%
• 18–24 409 7.1%
• 25–44 1,290 22.3%
• 45–64 1,454 25.1%
• 65 and over 1,193 20.6%

Median household income

$78,313

90% interval $69,688–$86,938

+$1,735 vs NE · 16th of 93

Below poverty line

7.8%

90% interval 6.0%–9.6%

−2.8 pp vs NE · 87th of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.5%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$424.9M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$87,910

Establishments

98

• Education & health services 187 14.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 159 12.4%
• Natural resources & mining 159 12.4%
• Public administration 94 7.3%
• Financial activities 36 2.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 29 2.3%
• Other services 18 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 53.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.3%

+11.8 pp vs NE · 31st of 93

Median gross rent

$902

−$170 vs NE · 20th of 93

Owner-occupied

1,810

Renter-occupied

503

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 39% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $62,789/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $12,151/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 2,536 82.8%
• Democratic 492 16.1%
• Other / third-party 36 1.2%

• Spanish 295 5.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 29 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 5 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

2,313

Family households

1,541

66.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

522

33.9% of families

Single-mother families

63

4.1% of families

Veterans

361

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 716 12.3%
• Catholic 514 8.8%
• Mainline Protestant 511 8.7%

Health insured

93.9%

±2 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±2 pp

59th of 93

With a disability

11.0%

±2.1 pp

81st of 93

Bachelor's or higher

24.1%

±3.7 pp

−10.5 pp vs NE · 47th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.7%

90% interval 5.0%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

7th 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

Center, Madison, Neligh, Pierce, Stanton, Wayne, West Point

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0