Jury Pool Profile

Gray County, Kansas

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 5,696
Median household income: $77,885
Unemployment: 2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,252 92.2%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 22 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 91 1.6%
Two or more races 331 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 915 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.6

Under 18 1,663 29.2%
18–24 448 7.9%
25–44 1,341 23.5%
45–64 1,331 23.4%
65 and over 913 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.7%; -1.12 pp vs. state
County GDP: $997.5M; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,985
Establishments: 310

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 820 26.9%
Natural resources & mining 630 20.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 554 18.2%
Construction 264 8.7%
Professional & business services 238 7.8%
Public administration 170 5.6%
Financial activities 105 3.4%
Manufacturing 101 3.3%
Leisure & hospitality 14 0.5%
Information 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $833
Owner-occupied: 1,667
Renter-occupied: 411

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,193 votes cast

Republican 1,837 83.8%
Democratic 324 14.8%
Other / third-party 32 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 624 11.8%
German 423 8.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 1.0%
Tagalog 14 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,078
Family households: 1,602; 77.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,399
Single-mother households: 105
Veterans: 189; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

69.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,221 39.3%
Mainline Protestant 858 15.2%
Catholic 504 8.9%
Black Protestant 328 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.5%
With a disability: 8.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Ashland, Cimarron, Coldwater, Dodge City, Greensburg, Meade

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 123.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023