Jury Pool Profile

Geary County, Kansas

Republican +18 (2024)

Population: 35,895
Median household income: $57,344
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,734 60.5%
Black or African American alone 5,828 16.2%
Asian alone 1,205 3.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 128 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 58 0.2%
Some other race alone 1,750 4.9%
Two or more races 5,192 14.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,811 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 27.1

Under 18 11,353 31.6%
18–24 4,955 13.8%
25–44 12,049 33.6%
45–64 4,430 12.3%
65 and over 3,108 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.99 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.7B; 1.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,873
Establishments: 744

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,207 25.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,606 20.8%
Public administration 2,057 16.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,452 11.6%
Professional & business services 1,299 10.3%
Manufacturing 931 7.4%
Financial activities 492 3.9%
Other services 218 1.7%
Construction 187 1.5%
Information 74 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 34 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 42.8%
Median gross rent: $1,119
Owner-occupied: 5,903
Renter-occupied: 7,884

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,163 votes cast

Republican 5,288 57.7%
Democratic 3,674 40.1%
Other / third-party 201 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,903 9.2%
German 407 1.3%
Other 300 0.9%
Tagalog 283 0.9%
Korean 257 0.8%
Slavic languages 210 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 144 0.5%
Vietnamese 103 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 87 0.3%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
Chinese 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,787
Family households: 9,472; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,897
Single-mother households: 1,438
Veterans: 3,948; 20.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,029 19.1%
Catholic 2,544 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,272 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,467 4.0%
Black Protestant 530 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Abilene, Council Grove, Junction City, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 12.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023