Jury Pool Profile

Elk County, Kansas

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 2,464
Median household income: $56,087
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,238 90.8%
Black or African American alone 3 0.1%
Asian alone 11 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 1.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 22 0.9%
Two or more races 156 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 110 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.6

Under 18 572 23.2%
18–24 99 4.0%
25–44 442 17.9%
45–64 657 26.7%
65 and over 694 28.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $102.3M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $35,644
Establishments: 86

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 198 32.0%
Public administration 111 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 99 16.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 79 12.8%
Natural resources & mining 33 5.3%
Financial activities 32 5.2%
Professional & business services 22 3.6%
Information 4 0.6%
Other services 2 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $534
Owner-occupied: 835
Renter-occupied: 241

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,338 votes cast

Republican 1,123 83.9%
Democratic 191 14.3%
Other / third-party 24 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 9 0.4%
Tagalog 7 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.3%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%
Korean 2 0.1%
Other 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,076
Family households: 699; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 552
Single-mother households: 49
Veterans: 162; 8.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.5% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 512 20.6%
Evangelical Protestant 460 18.5%
Catholic 133 5.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 24.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: El Dorado, Eureka, Howard

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023