Jury Pool Profile
Jackson County, Kansas
Republican +43 (2024)
- Population
- 13,277
- Median household income
- $72,703
- Unemployment
- 3.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 11,225 84.5%
- Black or African American alone 124 0.9%
- Asian alone 48 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 838 6.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 239 1.8%
- Two or more races 803 6.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 705 5.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41
- Under 18 3,275 24.7%
- 18–24 1,008 7.6%
- 25–44 2,938 22.1%
- 45–64 3,456 26.0%
- 65 and over 2,600 19.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.5%
- -0.34 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $507.8M
- 0.22% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,312
- Establishments
- 324
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,112 25.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,044 23.8%
- Public administration 702 16.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 627 14.3%
- Manufacturing 314 7.2%
- Construction 152 3.5%
- Other services 121 2.8%
- Financial activities 119 2.7%
- Professional & business services 105 2.4%
- Information 47 1.1%
- Natural resources & mining 35 0.8%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.2%
- Median gross rent
- $856
- Owner-occupied
- 3,986
- Renter-occupied
- 1,114
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 6,474 votes cast
- Republican 4,557 70.4%
- Democratic 1,799 27.8%
- Other / third-party 118 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 335 2.7%
- Other 98 0.8%
- Vietnamese 34 0.3%
- German 12 0.1%
- Korean 7 0.1%
- Tagalog 6 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
- Chinese 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 5,100
- Family households
- 3,479
- 68.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,891
- Single-mother households
- 209
- Veterans
- 1,063
- 10.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
27.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 1,824 13.8%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,097 8.3%
- Catholic 560 4.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 109 0.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.9%
- With a disability
- 15.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 20 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023