Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Kansas

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 8,071
Median household income: $63,136
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,614 94.3%
Black or African American alone 189 2.3%
Asian alone 48 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 46 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 13 0.2%
Two or more races 161 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 264 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 1,868 23.1%
18–24 504 6.2%
25–44 1,795 22.2%
45–64 1,919 23.8%
65 and over 1,985 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $352.3M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,138
Establishments: 284

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 920 31.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 694 23.7%
Public administration 303 10.4%
Manufacturing 222 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 187 6.4%
Professional & business services 129 4.4%
Construction 110 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 108 3.7%
Financial activities 95 3.2%
Other services 88 3.0%
Information 68 2.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $911
Owner-occupied: 2,656
Renter-occupied: 973

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,113 votes cast

Republican 3,150 76.6%
Democratic 867 21.1%
Other / third-party 96 2.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

German 94 1.2%
Spanish 30 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 22 0.3%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,629
Family households: 2,465; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,846
Single-mother households: 302
Veterans: 1,019; 16.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,627 20.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,568 19.3%
Catholic 804 9.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 93 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Clay Center, Manhattan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 16.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023