Thurston County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,397 36.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 322 4.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 18 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 93 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 233 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3,557 53.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%

• Under 18 2,273 34.3%
• 18–24 693 10.5%
• 25–44 1,527 23.0%
• 45–64 1,300 19.6%
• 65 and over 834 12.6%

Median household income

$65,125

90% interval $58,436–$71,814

−$11,453 vs NE · 68th of 93

Below poverty line

16.9%

90% interval 12.6%–21.2%

+6.3 pp vs NE · 2nd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

+0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$605.3M

0.32% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,545

Establishments

159

• Education & health services 1,573 47.2%
• Public administration 836 25.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 305 9.2%
• Professional & business services 184 5.5%
• Manufacturing 144 4.3%
• Financial activities 70 2.1%
• Construction 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 93.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.0%

−5.5 pp vs NE · 90th of 93

Median gross rent

$699

−$373 vs NE · 69th of 93

Owner-occupied

1,214

Renter-occupied

776

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 81% 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.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.7× the lowest ($91,566 vs $53,040/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 21 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 1,125 53.0%
• Democratic 978 46.1%
• Other / third-party 20 0.9%

• Spanish 73 1.2%
• Tagalog 13 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%

Households

1,990

Family households

1,413

71.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

349

24.7% of families

Single-mother families

162

11.5% of families

Veterans

243

5.6% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,360 20.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 885 13.1%
• Catholic 453 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 25 0.4%

Health insured

90.6%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

9.4%

±1.4 pp

19th of 93

With a disability

8.7%

±1.2 pp

92nd of 93

Bachelor's or higher

22.2%

±2.4 pp

−12.4 pp vs NE · 66th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.9%

90% interval 5.2%–6.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

6th 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

Blair, Dakota City, Fremont, Hartington, Pender, Ponca, Tekamah

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

91.87 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4