Jury Pool Profile

Thayer County, Nebraska

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 4,938
Median household income: $63,095
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,650 94.2%
Black or African American alone 5 0.1%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 13 0.3%
Two or more races 235 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 153 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.2

Under 18 1,133 22.9%
18–24 317 6.4%
25–44 963 19.5%
45–64 1,289 26.1%
65 and over 1,236 25.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; -0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $535.5M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,087
Establishments: 262

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 595 27.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 471 21.5%
Manufacturing 434 19.8%
Public administration 156 7.1%
Natural resources & mining 132 6.0%
Financial activities 127 5.8%
Construction 96 4.4%
Leisure & hospitality 92 4.2%
Other services 60 2.7%
Professional & business services 20 0.9%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.6%
Median gross rent: $738
Owner-occupied: 1,575
Renter-occupied: 507

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,852 votes cast

Republican 2,278 79.9%
Democratic 544 19.1%
Other / third-party 30 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 71 1.5%
German 17 0.4%
Slavic languages 10 0.2%
Other Indo-European 7 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.1%
Other 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,082
Family households: 1,306; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,092
Single-mother households: 85
Veterans: 274; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

85.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,963 39.0%
Evangelical Protestant 1,929 38.3%
Catholic 416 8.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Auburn, Beatrice, Fairbury, Falls City, Geneva, Hebron, Nebraska City, Pawnee City, Tecumseh, Wilber

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