Jury Pool Profile

Ellsworth County, Kansas

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 6,366
Median household income: $66,792
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,528 86.8%
Black or African American alone 200 3.1%
Asian alone 37 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 20 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 61 1.0%
Two or more races 520 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 385 6.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 1,122 17.6%
18–24 316 5.0%
25–44 1,843 29.0%
45–64 1,574 24.7%
65 and over 1,511 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $310.3M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,668
Establishments: 188

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 591 27.1%
Public administration 449 20.6%
Manufacturing 310 14.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 268 12.3%
Professional & business services 138 6.3%
Leisure & hospitality 111 5.1%
Financial activities 96 4.4%
Natural resources & mining 74 3.4%
Construction 54 2.5%
Information 45 2.1%
Other services 42 1.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $705
Owner-occupied: 1,899
Renter-occupied: 430

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,758 votes cast

Republican 2,078 75.3%
Democratic 636 23.1%
Other / third-party 44 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 152 2.5%
German 30 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,329
Family households: 1,553; 66.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,352
Single-mother households: 84
Veterans: 469; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,264 19.8%
Evangelical Protestant 843 13.2%
Catholic 659 10.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.6%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Ellsworth, Great Bend, Lyons, Russell, Saint John

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 38.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023