Webster County, Nebraska

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,964 88.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 196 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 28 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 132 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 20 0.6%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.3%

• Under 18 742 22.1%
• 18–24 205 6.1%
• 25–44 754 22.4%
• 45–64 888 26.4%
• 65 and over 771 22.9%

Median household income

$61,235

90% interval $54,817–$67,653

−$15,343 vs NE · 83rd of 93

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.1%–13.5%

+0.2 pp vs NE · 53rd of 93

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$364.1M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,824

Establishments

128

• Education & health services 326 30.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 282 26.5%
• Public administration 128 12.0%
• Natural resources & mining 118 11.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 46 4.3%
• Financial activities 32 3.0%
• Construction 30 2.8%
• Other services 5 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 90.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.6%

+14.1 pp vs NE · 17th of 93

Median gross rent

$647

−$425 vs NE · 82nd of 93

Owner-occupied

1,203

Renter-occupied

290

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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 2.2× the lowest ($53,223 vs $23,871/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,449 82.2%
• Democratic 296 16.8%
• Other / third-party 18 1.0%

• Spanish 75 2.4%
• Tagalog 28 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 4 0.1%

Households

1,493

Family households

1,015

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

299

29.5% of families

Single-mother families

61

6.0% of families

Veterans

213

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 758 22.3%
• Mainline Protestant 599 17.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 62 1.8%
• Catholic 58 1.7%

Health insured

94.2%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±1.7 pp

65th of 93

With a disability

13.9%

±2.1 pp

45th of 93

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±3.2 pp

−13.4 pp vs NE · 73rd of 93

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.2%

90% interval 6.3%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th 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

Alma, Clay Center, Franklin, Hastings, Holdrege, Minden, Nelson, Red Cloud

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0