Thayer County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,564 93.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 149 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.2%

• Under 18 1,111 22.7%
• 18–24 314 6.4%
• 25–44 967 19.7%
• 45–64 1,269 25.9%
• 65 and over 1,240 25.3%

Median household income

$67,526

90% interval $60,409–$74,643

−$9,052 vs NE · 51st of 93

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.3%–13.3%

+0.2 pp vs NE · 51st of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.4%

−0.56 pp vs. state

County GDP

$535.5M

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,193

Establishments

262

• Education & health services 613 27.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 456 20.7%
• Manufacturing 441 20.0%
• Public administration 158 7.2%
• Natural resources & mining 133 6.0%
• Financial activities 123 5.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 115 5.2%
• Construction 90 4.1%
• Other services 50 2.3%
• Professional & business services 21 1.0%
• Information 8 0.4%

Home ownership

77.5%

+11.0 pp vs NE · 36th of 93

Median gross rent

$766

−$306 vs NE · 53rd of 93

Owner-occupied

1,618

Renter-occupied

469

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,243/yr) pays 5.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $11,771/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 73 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 22 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.3%

Households

2,087

Family households

1,323

63.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

383

28.9% of families

Single-mother families

80

6.0% of families

Veterans

233

6.1% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

94.8%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±1.4 pp

75th of 93

With a disability

13.7%

±1.4 pp

48th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

23.8%

±2.5 pp

−10.8 pp vs NE · 52nd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.1%

90% interval 5.3%–6.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0