Jury Pool Profile

Atchison County, Kansas

Republican +37.4 (2024)

County seat: Atchison
Judicial district: 1st Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 16,172; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 16,208.

At a glance

Atchison County is a 16,172-person venue. The county population is 88% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,578, $9,824 below the KS state median of $75,402; 21.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 34.2% of covered employment, average pay $52,544/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.97%, above the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 62% to 68% of the vote across the three.

Population: 16,208
Median household income: $61,112
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 88% / 4%.

Atchison County has a population of 16,208, with a median age of 36.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.7%; Black residents 3.6%. Independently, 3.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,578; 21.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 14,053 86.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 608 3.8%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 567 3.5%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 51 0.3%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 880 5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 38 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36.1

Under 18 3,537 21.8%
18–24 2,825 17.4%
25–44 3,222 19.9%
45–64 3,693 22.8%
65 and over 2,931 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $65,578; 90% interval $59,934–$71,222; −$9,824 vs KS · 60th of 105
Below poverty line: 13.9%; 90% interval 10.7%–17.1%; +3.0 pp vs KS · 14th of 105

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This county: 34.2%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 34.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 15.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.97%, above the Kansas state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $845.3M; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,486
Establishments: 414

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,943 34.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 862 15.2%
Manufacturing 748 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 637 11.2%
Public administration 370 6.5%
Professional & business services 352 6.2%
Financial activities 303 5.3%
Construction 288 5.1%
Other services 97 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 42 0.7%
Information 33 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%; +4.7 pp vs KS · 78th of 105
Median gross rent: $765; −$295 vs KS · 57th of 105
Owner-occupied: 4,124
Renter-occupied: 1,611

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $80,967/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,186/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Atchison County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 67.7% in 2024, 66.0% in 2020, 62.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,255 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 4,911 67.7%
Democratic 2,201 30.3%
Other / third-party 143 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (811 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 429 2.8%
German or other West Germanic 66 0.4%
Arabic 29 0.2%
Tagalog 27 0.2%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 5,735
Family households: 3,775; 65.8% of households
Married couples w/ children: 1,032; 27.3% of families
Single-mother families: 415; 11.0% of families
Veterans: 811; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

55.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,171 25.5%
Evangelical Protestant 2,283 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,114 12.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 393 2.4%
Black Protestant 150 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%; ±2.2 pp
Uninsured: 8.8%; ±2.2 pp; 43rd of 105
With a disability: 15.5%; ±1.8 pp; 54th of 105
Bachelor's or higher: 21.8%; ±3.3 pp; −13.8 pp vs KS · 72nd of 105
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 8.6%; 90% interval 7.6%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (District Court judges per district (general civil + criminal jurisdiction); District Magistrate Judges (limited jurisdiction: limited civil, traffic, misdemeanors) separate. Vintage 2026 kscourts.gov; counts cross-checked against K.S.A. § 20-301a.)
Court seats: Atchison, Leavenworth

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Atchison totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 5 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 5; 39.46 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	62.2%	30.4%
2020	66.0%	31.6%
2024	67.7%	30.3%