Jury Pool Profile

Butler County, Kansas

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 67,916
Median household income: $80,375
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,969 88.3%
Black or African American alone 1,517 2.2%
Asian alone 1,084 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 495 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 91 0.1%
Some other race alone 932 1.4%
Two or more races 3,828 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,813 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.3

Under 18 16,959 25.0%
18–24 5,947 8.8%
25–44 17,229 25.4%
45–64 16,983 25.0%
65 and over 10,798 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 1.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,462
Establishments: 1,695

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,856 34.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,475 17.5%
Manufacturing 1,927 9.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,874 9.4%
Public administration 1,584 8.0%
Professional & business services 1,430 7.2%
Construction 1,408 7.1%
Financial activities 596 3.0%
Other services 408 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 223 1.1%
Information 98 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.2%
Median gross rent: $984
Owner-occupied: 19,571
Renter-occupied: 5,454

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 32,236 votes cast

Republican 22,426 69.6%
Democratic 9,150 28.4%
Other / third-party 660 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,795 2.8%
German 433 0.7%
Other Indo-European 271 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 265 0.4%
Arabic 254 0.4%
Chinese 220 0.3%
Korean 129 0.2%
Slavic languages 118 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 29 0.0%
Other 18 0.0%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,025
Family households: 18,261; 73.0% of households
Married w/ children: 15,043
Single-mother households: 1,296
Veterans: 4,530; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,707 15.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,187 7.7%
Catholic 5,060 7.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 778 1.2%
Black Protestant 180 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: El Dorado, Eureka, Howard

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 31.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023