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Jury Pool Profile

Harvey County, Kansas

Republican +21 (2024)
Population
33,823
Median household income
$73,269
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 28,858 85.3%
  • Black or African American alone 372 1.1%
  • Asian alone 259 0.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 367 1.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1,116 3.3%
  • Two or more races 2,851 8.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,104 12.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

  • Under 18 8,074 23.9%
  • 18–24 3,024 8.9%
  • 25–44 7,825 23.1%
  • 45–64 7,844 23.2%
  • 65 and over 7,056 20.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
+0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.8B
0.76% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,957
Establishments
849

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 4,789 33.9%
  • Manufacturing 3,186 22.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,134 15.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,306 9.2%
  • Public administration 752 5.3%
  • Construction 690 4.9%
  • Professional & business services 551 3.9%
  • Financial activities 360 2.5%
  • Other services 246 1.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 82 0.6%
  • Information 39 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
69.5%
Median gross rent
$891
Owner-occupied
9,371
Renter-occupied
4,107

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,086 votes cast

  • Republican 9,591 59.6%
  • Democratic 6,202 38.6%
  • Other / third-party 293 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,517 4.8%
  • German 191 0.6%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 84 0.3%
  • Tagalog 70 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 57 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 55 0.2%
  • Chinese 37 0.1%
  • Other Indo-European 35 0.1%
  • Other 25 0.1%
  • Slavic languages 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
13,478
Family households
9,132
67.8% of households
Married w/ children
7,009
Single-mother households
853
Veterans
1,730
6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 8,391 24.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,536 10.4%
  • Catholic 2,468 7.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 751 2.2%
  • Black Protestant 532 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.1%
With a disability
13.7%
Bachelor's or higher
31.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
9th 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
McPherson, Newton

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
7
27.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Harvey County, Kansas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.