Jury Pool Profile

Chase County, Kansas

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 2,579
Median household income: $54,518
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,296 89.0%
Black or African American alone 32 1.2%
Asian alone 16 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 11 0.4%
Two or more races 224 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 208 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.5

Under 18 541 21.0%
18–24 166 6.4%
25–44 595 23.1%
45–64 657 25.5%
65 and over 620 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.52 pp vs. state
County GDP: $146.8M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,605
Establishments: 86

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 152 19.6%
Education & health services 135 17.4%
Natural resources & mining 126 16.2%
Manufacturing 115 14.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 108 13.9%
Leisure & hospitality 71 9.1%
Professional & business services 28 3.6%
Financial activities 19 2.4%
Construction 16 2.1%
Other services 6 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $758
Owner-occupied: 823
Renter-occupied: 322

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,462 votes cast

Republican 1,090 74.6%
Democratic 348 23.8%
Other / third-party 24 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 134 5.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.7%
German 2 0.1%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,145
Family households: 730; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 591
Single-mother households: 36
Veterans: 153; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 285 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 263 10.2%
Evangelical Protestant 223 8.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Cottonwood Falls, Emporia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 147.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023