Jury Pool Profile
Decatur County, Kansas
Republican +69 (2024)
- Population
- 2,746
- Median household income
- $52,030
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,545 92.7%
- Black or African American alone 47 1.7%
- Asian alone 9 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 53 1.9%
- Two or more races 79 2.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 112 4.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 52.1
- Under 18 547 19.9%
- 18–24 27 1.0%
- 25–44 682 24.8%
- 45–64 686 25.0%
- 65 and over 804 29.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.3%
- -0.54 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $222.5M
- 0.1% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $38,309
- Establishments
- 132
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 259 29.5%
- Public administration 171 19.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 165 18.8%
- Natural resources & mining 119 13.6%
- Professional & business services 57 6.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 40 4.6%
- Financial activities 29 3.3%
- Construction 2 0.2%
- Other services 2 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.4%
- Median gross rent
- $695
- Owner-occupied
- 1,090
- Renter-occupied
- 283
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,452 votes cast
- Republican 1,217 83.8%
- Democratic 215 14.8%
- Other / third-party 20 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.8% speak only English at home
- Spanish 61 2.3%
- German 11 0.4%
- Other Asian/Pacific 10 0.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,373
- Family households
- 774
- 56.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 640
- Single-mother households
- 65
- Veterans
- 107
- 4.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
59.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 926 33.5%
- Evangelical Protestant 502 18.2%
- Catholic 206 7.5%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.8%
- With a disability
- 18.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 27.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 17th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 2 (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
- Hill City, Norton, Oberlin, Osborne, Phillipsburg, Smith Center
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 45.48 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023