Jury Pool Profile

Barber County, Kansas

Republican +72 (2024)

Population: 4,153
Median household income: $57,615
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,852 92.8%
Black or African American alone 7 0.2%
Asian alone 21 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 85 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 26 0.6%
Two or more races 162 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 254 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 1,035 24.9%
18–24 294 7.1%
25–44 829 20.0%
45–64 1,032 24.8%
65 and over 963 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $228.6M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,619
Establishments: 210

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 471 30.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 291 18.6%
Public administration 187 11.9%
Manufacturing 181 11.5%
Natural resources & mining 129 8.2%
Professional & business services 73 4.7%
Leisure & hospitality 73 4.7%
Other services 47 3.0%
Construction 33 2.1%
Information 10 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.3%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 1,469
Renter-occupied: 337

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,170 votes cast

Republican 1,854 85.4%
Democratic 288 13.3%
Other / third-party 28 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 49 1.3%
Vietnamese 21 0.5%
Other 10 0.3%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,806
Family households: 1,174; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 983
Single-mother households: 47
Veterans: 187; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,076 25.4%
Catholic 1,040 24.6%
Mainline Protestant 778 18.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Anthony, Kingman, Medicine Lodge, Pratt, Wellington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 32.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023