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Jury Pool Profile

Crawford County, Kansas

Republican +25.2 (2024)
County seat
Girard
Judicial district
11th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
39,008
Census PEP.

At a glance

Crawford County is a 39,008-person venue. The county population is 87% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $55,652, $19,750 below the KS state median of $75,402; 32.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and French, Haitian, or Cajun. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 30.4% of covered employment, average pay $46,238/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.17%, above the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 58% to 62% of the vote across the three.

Population
39,008
Median household income
$52,844
Unemployment
4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 2%.

Crawford County has a population of 39,008, with a median age of 33.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.8%; Black residents 1.7%. Independently, 7.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $55,652; 32.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.1% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 32,530 83.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,936 7.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 585 1.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 655 1.7%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,924 4.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 192 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 88 0.2%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 98 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 33.6

  • Under 18 8,662 22.2%
  • 18–24 6,966 17.9%
  • 25–44 8,723 22.4%
  • 45–64 8,434 21.6%
  • 65 and over 6,223 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$55,652
90% interval $50,271–$61,033
−$19,750 vs KS · 102nd of 105
Below poverty line
17.1%
90% interval 14.1%–20.1%
+6.2 pp vs KS · 2nd 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: 30.4%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 30.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.17%, above the Kansas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.2%
+0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.2B
0.94% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,779
Establishments
1,056

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 5,195 30.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,906 17.0%
  • Manufacturing 2,798 16.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,864 10.9%
  • Professional & business services 1,235 7.2%
  • Public administration 1,090 6.4%
  • Construction 842 4.9%
  • Financial activities 476 2.8%
  • Information 279 1.6%
  • Other services 218 1.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 180 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
60.8%
−6.4 pp vs KS · 101st of 105
Median gross rent
$849
−$211 vs KS · 30th of 105
Owner-occupied
9,628
Renter-occupied
6,210

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 64% 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, $63,168/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,969/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 16 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: 60%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Crawford County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.7% in 2024, 60.1% in 2020, 58.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,334 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201658.3%35.2%
202060.1%37.0%
202461.7%36.5%
  • Republican 10,084 61.7%
  • Democratic 5,956 36.5%
  • Other / third-party 294 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Chinese. Veterans account for 4.9% of the adult civilian population (1,487 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,566 4.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 89 0.2%
  • Chinese 83 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 48 0.1%
  • Korean 9 0.0%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%
  • Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
15,838
Family households
9,483
59.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,683
28.3% of families
Single-mother families
1,297
13.7% of families
Veterans
1,487
4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 7,790 20.0%
  • Catholic 4,913 12.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,634 6.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 675 1.7%
  • Black Protestant 450 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.0%
±1.5 pp
Uninsured
13.0%
±1.5 pp
8th of 105
With a disability
16.5%
±1.2 pp
39th of 105
Bachelor's or higher
32.2%
±2.3 pp
−3.4 pp vs KS · 10th of 105
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.0%
90% interval 9.7%–12.3% · 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
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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Crawford totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 6 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
6
19.77 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Crawford 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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