Jackson County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,887 81.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 768 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 98 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 64 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 787 5.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 693 5.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 35 0.3%

• Under 18 3,312 24.8%
• 18–24 1,065 8.0%
• 25–44 2,937 22.0%
• 45–64 3,397 25.5%
• 65 and over 2,630 19.7%

Median household income

$72,722

90% interval $65,425–$80,019

−$2,680 vs KS · 24th of 105

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 6.2%–10.6%

−2.5 pp vs KS · 96th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$507.8M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,341

Establishments

330

• Education & health services 1,154 25.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,050 23.6%
• Public administration 708 15.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 639 14.3%
• Manufacturing 305 6.8%
• Professional & business services 147 3.3%
• Construction 140 3.1%
• Financial activities 119 2.7%
• Other services 110 2.5%
• Information 51 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 32 0.7%

Home ownership

77.1%

+9.9 pp vs KS · 47th of 105

Median gross rent

$814

−$246 vs KS · 41st of 105

Owner-occupied

3,865

Renter-occupied

1,148

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.8× the lowest ($68,042 vs $38,352/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 4,557 70.4%
• Democratic 1,799 27.8%
• Other / third-party 118 1.8%

• Spanish 476 3.8%
• Vietnamese 38 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 17 0.1%
• Chinese 13 0.1%
• Korean 8 0.1%
• Tagalog 5 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

Households

5,013

Family households

3,370

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,079

32.0% of families

Single-mother families

106

3.1% of families

Veterans

905

9% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,824 13.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 1,097 8.3%
• Catholic 560 4.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 109 0.8%

Health insured

92.8%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±1.5 pp

66th of 105

With a disability

15.0%

±1.9 pp

62nd of 105

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±3.2 pp

−13.0 pp vs KS · 66th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.6%

90% interval 9.5%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

2nd 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

Alma, Holton, Oskaloosa, Westmoreland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

39.88 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4