Jury Pool Profile

Cowley County, Kansas

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 34,487
Median household income: $58,263
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,496 82.6%
Black or African American alone 791 2.3%
Asian alone 642 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 485 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.2%
Some other race alone 784 2.3%
Two or more races 3,219 9.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,098 11.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 8,165 23.7%
18–24 3,586 10.4%
25–44 8,031 23.3%
45–64 8,236 23.9%
65 and over 6,469 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,217
Establishments: 782

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,660 28.1%
Education & health services 3,649 28.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,851 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,110 8.5%
Public administration 945 7.2%
Professional & business services 692 5.3%
Construction 388 3.0%
Financial activities 357 2.7%
Other services 188 1.4%
Information 114 0.9%
Natural resources & mining 86 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.5%
Median gross rent: $779
Owner-occupied: 9,400
Renter-occupied: 3,939

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,505 votes cast

Republican 9,360 69.3%
Democratic 3,919 29.0%
Other / third-party 226 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,494 4.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 218 0.7%
Vietnamese 166 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 77 0.2%
German 48 0.1%
Other Indo-European 32 0.1%
Other 27 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,339
Family households: 8,313; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,011
Single-mother households: 987
Veterans: 2,046; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,803 16.8%
Mainline Protestant 4,614 13.4%
Catholic 1,847 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 802 2.3%
Black Protestant 512 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th 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: Winfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023