Jury Pool Profile

Gove County, Kansas

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 2,796
Median household income: $63,203
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,672 95.6%
Black or African American alone 6 0.2%
Asian alone 8 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 7 0.3%
Two or more races 103 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 37 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 719 25.7%
18–24 187 6.7%
25–44 598 21.4%
45–64 636 22.7%
65 and over 656 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.01 pp vs. state
County GDP: $280.6M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,518
Establishments: 160

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 279 24.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 256 22.3%
Natural resources & mining 146 12.7%
Public administration 108 9.4%
Manufacturing 82 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 82 7.1%
Other services 62 5.4%
Construction 41 3.6%
Financial activities 38 3.3%
Professional & business services 19 1.7%
Information 4 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.1%
Median gross rent: $730
Owner-occupied: 926
Renter-occupied: 245

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,396 votes cast

Republican 1,227 87.9%
Democratic 150 10.7%
Other / third-party 19 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

German 6 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.1%
Other 3 0.1%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,171
Family households: 752; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 690
Single-mother households: 32
Veterans: 183; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

63.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 895 32.9%
Catholic 572 21.0%
Mainline Protestant 254 9.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

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: 4; 192.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023