Wayne County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,405 85.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,012 10.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 101 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 30 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 213 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 83 0.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,001 20.3%
• 18–24 2,381 24.2%
• 25–44 1,933 19.6%
• 45–64 1,879 19.1%
• 65 and over 1,650 16.8%

Median household income

$70,905

90% interval $64,144–$77,666

−$5,673 vs NE · 40th of 93

Below poverty line

12.5%

90% interval 9.4%–15.6%

+1.9 pp vs NE · 22nd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$804.4M

0.43% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,131

Establishments

277

• Education & health services 1,459 36.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 721 17.8%
• Manufacturing 693 17.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 355 8.8%
• Public administration 212 5.2%
• Financial activities 149 3.7%
• Natural resources & mining 144 3.6%
• Professional & business services 129 3.2%
• Construction 108 2.7%
• Other services 39 1.0%
• Information 33 0.8%

Home ownership

61.3%

−5.2 pp vs NE · 89th of 93

Median gross rent

$800

−$272 vs NE · 43rd of 93

Owner-occupied

2,299

Renter-occupied

1,454

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% 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, $65,588/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,812/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 3,011 73.9%
• Democratic 1,006 24.7%
• Other / third-party 56 1.4%

• Spanish 711 7.6%
• Tagalog 53 0.6%
• Korean 48 0.5%
• Vietnamese 18 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.1%

Households

3,753

Family households

2,309

61.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

707

30.6% of families

Single-mother families

156

6.8% of families

Veterans

289

3.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 3,187 32.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,925 19.9%
• Catholic 1,128 11.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7 0.1%

Health insured

94.2%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±2.6 pp

64th of 93

With a disability

16.0%

±2.5 pp

27th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

30.4%

±4.7 pp

−4.2 pp vs NE · 14th of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.0%–7.8% · 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

3

38.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2