Jury Pool Profile

Wheeler County, Nebraska

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 785
Median household income: $55,893
Unemployment: 2.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 764 97.3%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 1 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 4 0.5%
Two or more races 16 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 59.9

Under 18 130 16.6%
18–24 23 2.9%
25–44 112 14.3%
45–64 267 34.0%
65 and over 253 32.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.6%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $96.9M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,712
Establishments: 40

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 52 17.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 51 16.8%
Public administration 25 8.2%
Financial activities 11 3.6%
Leisure & hospitality 9 3.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.8%
Median gross rent: $525
Owner-occupied: 290
Renter-occupied: 69

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 486 votes cast

Republican 424 87.2%
Democratic 57 11.7%
Other / third-party 5 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 21 3.0%
Other 3 0.4%
Tagalog 1 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 359
Family households: 224; 62.4% of households
Married w/ children: 210
Single-mother households: 1
Veterans: 57; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 117 15.1%
Catholic 69 8.9%
Evangelical Protestant 52 6.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Ainsworth, Bartlett, Bassett, Brewster, Broken Bow, Burwell, Butte, Greeley, Loup City, O'Neill, Ord, Saint Paul, Springview, Taylor, Valentine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Nebraska statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 152.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023