Jury Pool Profile

Ellis County, Kansas

Republican +46 (2024)

Population: 28,870
Median household income: $59,889
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,026 90.1%
Black or African American alone 520 1.8%
Asian alone 420 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 43 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 38 0.1%
Some other race alone 622 2.2%
Two or more races 1,201 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,039 7.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.5

Under 18 5,869 20.3%
18–24 5,710 19.8%
25–44 7,013 24.3%
45–64 5,799 20.1%
65 and over 4,479 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.72 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.89% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,061
Establishments: 1,120

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 5,266 34.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,074 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,842 11.9%
Professional & business services 960 6.2%
Public administration 860 5.6%
Manufacturing 837 5.4%
Financial activities 714 4.6%
Construction 616 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 488 3.2%
Other services 453 2.9%
Information 378 2.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.4%
Median gross rent: $899
Owner-occupied: 7,608
Renter-occupied: 4,578

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,511 votes cast

Republican 9,743 72.1%
Democratic 3,511 26.0%
Other / third-party 257 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,141 4.2%
German 285 1.0%
Chinese 153 0.6%
Other Indo-European 77 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 59 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.2%
Other 48 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,186
Family households: 6,981; 57.3% of households
Married w/ children: 5,585
Single-mother households: 636
Veterans: 873; 3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,215 49.1%
Evangelical Protestant 2,948 10.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,352 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 622 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Gove City, Hays, Stockton, WaKeeney

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023