Jury Pool Profile

Cherokee County, Kansas

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 19,236
Median household income: $58,274
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,853 87.6%
Black or African American alone 158 0.8%
Asian alone 111 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 367 1.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 57 0.3%
Some other race alone 265 1.4%
Two or more races 1,425 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 548 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 4,364 22.7%
18–24 1,512 7.9%
25–44 4,232 22.0%
45–64 5,347 27.8%
65 and over 3,781 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,667
Establishments: 416

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,642 28.2%
Education & health services 1,277 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 813 13.9%
Construction 537 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 452 7.8%
Professional & business services 410 7.0%
Public administration 374 6.4%
Financial activities 149 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 83 1.4%
Other services 53 0.9%
Information 39 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $801
Owner-occupied: 5,596
Renter-occupied: 2,131

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,717 votes cast

Republican 6,584 75.5%
Democratic 1,970 22.6%
Other / third-party 163 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 206 1.1%
Other Indo-European 59 0.3%
Chinese 52 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.2%
Other 28 0.2%
German 23 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,727
Family households: 5,136; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,098
Single-mother households: 353
Veterans: 932; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,300 22.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,322 6.8%
Catholic 572 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 338 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 19.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th Judicial District Court
Judges: 5 (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: Columbus, Girard, Oswego

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 40.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023