Jury Pool Profile

Bourbon County, Kansas

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 14,384
Median household income: $67,555
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,013 90.5%
Black or African American alone 319 2.2%
Asian alone 91 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 199 1.4%
Two or more races 756 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 432 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 3,601 25.0%
18–24 1,347 9.4%
25–44 3,264 22.7%
45–64 3,379 23.5%
65 and over 2,793 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $748.5M; 0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,850
Establishments: 406

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,688 30.5%
Manufacturing 1,099 19.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 890 16.1%
Leisure & hospitality 452 8.2%
Public administration 432 7.8%
Financial activities 318 5.8%
Professional & business services 224 4.1%
Construction 224 4.1%
Other services 99 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 63 1.1%
Information 40 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $784
Owner-occupied: 4,205
Renter-occupied: 1,565

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,572 votes cast

Republican 5,003 76.1%
Democratic 1,444 22.0%
Other / third-party 125 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 280 2.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 78 0.6%
German 73 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.2%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,770
Family households: 3,768; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,038
Single-mother households: 371
Veterans: 789; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,595 25.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,647 18.4%
Catholic 739 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 391 2.7%
Black Protestant 220 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 18.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th 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: Fort Scott, Mound City, Paola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 27.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023