Jury Pool Profile

Barton County, Kansas

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 25,275
Median household income: $56,733
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,132 83.6%
Black or African American alone 165 0.7%
Asian alone 92 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 224 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 812 3.2%
Two or more races 2,850 11.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,149 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 6,143 24.3%
18–24 1,958 7.7%
25–44 6,131 24.3%
45–64 5,846 23.1%
65 and over 5,197 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.7% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,896
Establishments: 890

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,255 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,517 21.8%
Manufacturing 1,034 9.0%
Leisure & hospitality 951 8.3%
Professional & business services 894 7.8%
Construction 721 6.3%
Natural resources & mining 657 5.7%
Financial activities 594 5.2%
Public administration 592 5.1%
Other services 196 1.7%
Information 108 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.2%
Median gross rent: $742
Owner-occupied: 6,768
Renter-occupied: 3,451

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,570 votes cast

Republican 8,205 77.6%
Democratic 2,207 20.9%
Other / third-party 158 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,050 8.7%
German 35 0.1%
Slavic languages 15 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,219
Family households: 6,455; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,853
Single-mother households: 753
Veterans: 1,542; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,385 25.0%
Evangelical Protestant 4,014 15.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,865 15.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 613 2.4%
Black Protestant 76 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.7%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Ellsworth, Great Bend, Lyons, Russell, Saint John

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 26.13 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023