Jury Pool Profile

Comanche County, Kansas

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 1,685
Median household income: $49,417
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,626 96.5%
Black or African American alone 5 0.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 7 0.4%
Two or more races 47 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.8

Under 18 308 18.3%
18–24 116 6.9%
25–44 314 18.6%
45–64 460 27.3%
65 and over 487 28.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $70.7M; 0.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,352
Establishments: 94

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 137 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 101 16.2%
Public administration 93 15.0%
Professional & business services 39 6.3%
Leisure & hospitality 32 5.1%
Other services 14 2.3%
Information 7 1.1%
Financial activities 1 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $672
Owner-occupied: 601
Renter-occupied: 220

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 874 votes cast

Republican 727 83.2%
Democratic 130 14.9%
Other / third-party 17 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 20 1.2%
German 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 821
Family households: 454; 55.3% of households
Married w/ children: 376
Single-mother households: 27
Veterans: 74; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 682 40.4%
Mainline Protestant 422 25.0%
Catholic 35 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.9%
With a disability: 19.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Ashland, Cimarron, Coldwater, Dodge City, Greensburg, Meade

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 72.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023