Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Kansas

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 25,994
Median household income: $72,142
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,685 91.1%
Black or African American alone 232 0.9%
Asian alone 161 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 113 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 55 0.2%
Some other race alone 291 1.1%
Two or more races 1,457 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,215 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 6,052 23.3%
18–24 2,299 8.8%
25–44 6,249 24.0%
45–64 6,836 26.3%
65 and over 4,558 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,350
Establishments: 711

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,599 35.7%
Education & health services 2,289 22.7%
Leisure & hospitality 928 9.2%
Manufacturing 817 8.1%
Professional & business services 783 7.8%
Construction 563 5.6%
Public administration 527 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 180 1.8%
Financial activities 173 1.7%
Other services 155 1.5%
Information 70 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $949
Owner-occupied: 7,558
Renter-occupied: 2,731

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,708 votes cast

Republican 8,773 69.0%
Democratic 3,676 28.9%
Other / third-party 259 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 618 2.5%
German 53 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 45 0.2%
Tagalog 35 0.1%
Korean 25 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 18 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,289
Family households: 7,148; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,706
Single-mother households: 626
Veterans: 1,959; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,416 17.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,335 9.0%
Catholic 1,520 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 598 2.3%
Black Protestant 140 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 16.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th 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: Burlington, Garnett, Lyndon, Ottawa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 25.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023