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Jury Pool Profile

Brown County, Kansas

Republican +48 (2024)
Population
9,415
Median household income
$58,886
Unemployment
4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 7,839 83.3%
  • Black or African American alone 131 1.4%
  • Asian alone 32 0.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 708 7.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 151 1.6%
  • Two or more races 554 5.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 416 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

  • Under 18 2,380 25.3%
  • 18–24 560 5.9%
  • 25–44 2,103 22.3%
  • 45–64 2,344 24.9%
  • 65 and over 2,028 21.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.5%
+0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP
$702.1M
0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,553
Establishments
339

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,131 25.2%
  • Manufacturing 933 20.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 751 16.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 583 13.0%
  • Public administration 400 8.9%
  • Professional & business services 207 4.6%
  • Financial activities 176 3.9%
  • Construction 104 2.3%
  • Information 83 1.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 81 1.8%
  • Other services 44 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
75.4%
Median gross rent
$675
Owner-occupied
2,805
Renter-occupied
914

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,258 votes cast

  • Republican 3,106 72.9%
  • Democratic 1,065 25.0%
  • Other / third-party 87 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 123 1.4%
  • Other 48 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
  • German 11 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 2 0.0%
  • Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
3,719
Family households
2,268
61.0% of households
Married w/ children
1,850
Single-mother households
93
Veterans
630
9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 1,853 19.5%
  • Evangelical Protestant 1,015 10.7%
  • Catholic 808 8.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 256 2.7%
  • Black Protestant 76 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
89.8%
With a disability
16.8%
Bachelor's or higher
18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
22nd 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
Hiawatha, Marysville, Seneca, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
3
42.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Brown County, Kansas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.