Jury Pool Profile

Douglas County, Kansas

Democratic +38 (2024)

Population: 119,547
Median household income: $68,756
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 94,630 79.2%
Black or African American alone 5,036 4.2%
Asian alone 5,459 4.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,606 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,470 1.2%
Two or more races 11,341 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,443 7.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.3

Under 18 21,300 17.8%
18–24 27,458 23.0%
25–44 31,401 26.3%
45–64 23,461 19.6%
65 and over 15,927 13.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.0B; 3.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,079
Establishments: 3,726

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,831 31.1%
Leisure & hospitality 7,875 15.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,737 15.2%
Manufacturing 5,107 10.0%
Professional & business services 5,064 9.9%
Public administration 2,445 4.8%
Other services 2,290 4.5%
Construction 2,173 4.3%
Financial activities 1,721 3.4%
Information 627 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 100 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 49.5%
Median gross rent: $1,066
Owner-occupied: 24,725
Renter-occupied: 25,214

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 58,041 votes cast

Democratic 39,582 68.2%
Republican 17,523 30.2%
Other / third-party 936 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,351 2.9%
Chinese 1,842 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,319 1.2%
Other Indo-European 1,073 0.9%
Other 816 0.7%
Vietnamese 616 0.5%
Arabic 547 0.5%
German 386 0.3%
Slavic languages 358 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 339 0.3%
Tagalog 81 0.1%
Korean 62 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 49,939
Family households: 25,958; 52.0% of households
Married w/ children: 20,733
Single-mother households: 2,395
Veterans: 5,051; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 10,869 9.2%
Evangelical Protestant 10,107 8.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,743 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,956 2.5%
Black Protestant 1,786 1.5%
Orthodox 65 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 52.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 7th Judicial District Court
Judges: 6 (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: Lawrence

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 7.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023