Jury Pool Profile
Harper County, Kansas
Republican +64 (2024)
- Population
- 5,446
- Median household income
- $55,417
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,938 90.7%
- Black or African American alone 46 0.8%
- Asian alone 11 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 22 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.1%
- Some other race alone 136 2.5%
- Two or more races 287 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 421 7.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.8
- Under 18 1,403 25.8%
- 18–24 365 6.7%
- 25–44 1,173 21.5%
- 45–64 1,304 23.9%
- 65 and over 1,201 22.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.6%
- -0.24 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $420.9M
- 0.18% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $47,237
- Establishments
- 224
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 581 24.0%
- Education & health services 576 23.8%
- Manufacturing 526 21.7%
- Public administration 207 8.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 137 5.7%
- Natural resources & mining 126 5.2%
- Professional & business services 83 3.4%
- Construction 69 2.8%
- Financial activities 69 2.8%
- Information 12 0.5%
- Other services 1 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.6%
- Median gross rent
- $693
- Owner-occupied
- 1,622
- Renter-occupied
- 583
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,555 votes cast
- Republican 2,072 81.1%
- Democratic 437 17.1%
- Other / third-party 46 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 84 1.6%
- Other 10 0.2%
- German 7 0.1%
- Tagalog 6 0.1%
- Arabic 6 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 3 0.1%
- Vietnamese 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,205
- Family households
- 1,390
- 63.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,035
- Single-mother households
- 134
- Veterans
- 333
- 8.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
50.7% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 1,785 32.5%
- Mainline Protestant 829 15.1%
- Catholic 165 3.0%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.9%
- With a disability
- 19.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 30th 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
- Anthony, Kingman, Medicine Lodge, Pratt, Wellington
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 49.47 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023