Jury Pool Profile

Atchison County, Kansas

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 16,211
Median household income: $62,164
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,178 87.5%
Black or African American alone 698 4.3%
Asian alone 110 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 193 1.2%
Two or more races 1,005 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 582 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.4

Under 18 3,582 22.1%
18–24 2,677 16.5%
25–44 3,340 20.6%
45–64 3,749 23.1%
65 and over 2,863 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $845.3M; 0.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,842
Establishments: 428

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,879 33.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 884 15.9%
Manufacturing 675 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 657 11.8%
Public administration 396 7.1%
Professional & business services 321 5.8%
Financial activities 298 5.4%
Construction 288 5.2%
Other services 96 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 39 0.7%
Information 35 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.4%
Median gross rent: $756
Owner-occupied: 4,315
Renter-occupied: 1,561

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,255 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 381 2.5%
German 63 0.4%
Other Indo-European 30 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Other 12 0.1%
Vietnamese 11 0.1%
Arabic 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,876
Family households: 3,786; 64.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,869
Single-mother households: 387
Veterans: 797; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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: 91.3%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023