Jury Pool Profile

Chautauqua County, Kansas

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 3,370
Median household income: $54,592
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,806 83.3%
Black or African American alone 32 0.9%
Asian alone 15 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 138 4.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 41 1.2%
Two or more races 338 10.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 161 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 755 22.4%
18–24 206 6.1%
25–44 713 21.2%
45–64 890 26.4%
65 and over 806 23.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $101.0M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $35,811
Establishments: 106

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 250 33.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 148 19.6%
Public administration 104 13.8%
Natural resources & mining 87 11.5%
Leisure & hospitality 63 8.4%
Financial activities 16 2.1%
Information 4 0.5%
Professional & business services 1 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.3%
Median gross rent: $713
Owner-occupied: 1,095
Renter-occupied: 220

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,527 votes cast

Republican 1,299 85.1%
Democratic 211 13.8%
Other / third-party 17 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 38 1.2%
Other Indo-European 6 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.1%
German 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,315
Family households: 867; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 685
Single-mother households: 84
Veterans: 180; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 529 15.7%
Evangelical Protestant 410 12.1%
Catholic 33 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.3%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th 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: Independence, Sedan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 76.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023