Jury Pool Profile
Grant County, Kansas
- County seat
- Ulysses
- Judicial district
- 26th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,028
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,229.
At a glance
Grant County is a 7,028-person venue. The county population is 61% White (Census race-alone categories). 53% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 44.0%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $71,998, $3,404 below the KS state median of $75,402; 25.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 45.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 27.8% of covered employment, average pay $61,910/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, below the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 81% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 7,229
- Median household income
- $66,476
- Unemployment
- 3.7%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 61% / 0%.
Grant County has a population of 7,229, with a median age of 33.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 61.1%; Black residents 0.2%. Independently, 53.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $71,998; 25.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 13.4%.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 27.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 17.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.66%, below the Kansas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 78%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Grant County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.8% in 2024, 77.9% in 2020, 75.9% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 72% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 45.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
45.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 2.6% of the adult civilian population (128 individuals).