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Jury Pool Profile

Cloud County, Kansas

Republican +60.5 (2024)
County seat
Concordia
Judicial district
12th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
8,833
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 8,898.

At a glance

Cloud County is a 8,833-person venue. The county population is 91% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $62,007, $13,395 below the KS state median of $75,402; 20.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 26.8% of covered employment, average pay $39,367/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.1%, below the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 80% of the vote across the three.

Population
8,898
Median household income
$58,770
Unemployment
3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 91% / 1%.

Cloud County has a population of 8,898, with a median age of 40.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.3%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 3.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $62,007; 20.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 7,947 89.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 343 3.9%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 71 0.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 376 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 44 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 97 1.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

  • Under 18 2,062 23.2%
  • 18–24 891 10.0%
  • 25–44 1,974 22.2%
  • 45–64 2,063 23.2%
  • 65 and over 1,908 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$62,007
90% interval $55,490–$68,524
−$13,395 vs KS · 79th of 105
Below poverty line
13.2%
90% interval 10.1%–16.3%
+2.3 pp vs KS · 21st of 105

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

BLS QCEW 'Education & health services' is ≥20% of total covered employment. This county: 26.8%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 26.8% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 24.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.1%, below the Kansas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.1%
−0.73 pp vs. state
County GDP
$516.4M
0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay
$42,894
Establishments
302

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 855 26.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 792 24.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 324 10.2%
  • Public administration 309 9.7%
  • Manufacturing 243 7.6%
  • Professional & business services 208 6.5%
  • Other services 100 3.1%
  • Information 10 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 89.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.0%
+6.8 pp vs KS · 68th of 105
Median gross rent
$769
−$291 vs KS · 56th of 105
Owner-occupied
2,825
Renter-occupied
994

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $59,259/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Information, $15,513/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Cloud County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 79.5% in 2024, 76.2% in 2020, 74.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,047 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201674.5%19.4%
202076.2%21.4%
202479.5%19.0%
  • Republican 3,218 79.5%
  • Democratic 767 19.0%
  • Other / third-party 62 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.5% of the adult civilian population (584 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 162 2.0%
  • German or other West Germanic 23 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
3,819
Family households
2,391
62.6% of households
Married couples w/ children
680
28.4% of families
Single-mother families
165
6.9% of families
Veterans
584
8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

37.9% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 1,429 15.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 981 10.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 763 8.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 246 2.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.1%
±2.1 pp
Uninsured
7.9%
±2.1 pp
54th of 105
With a disability
12.5%
±1.7 pp
89th of 105
Bachelor's or higher
20.8%
±3.3 pp
−14.8 pp vs KS · 81st of 105
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.1%
90% interval 7.9%–10.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
12th 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
Belleville, Beloit, Concordia, Lincoln Center, Mankato, Washington

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Cloud totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
14.63 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Cloud County, Kansas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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