Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Kansas

Republican +37 (2024)

Population: 18,391
Median household income: $77,393
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,141 93.2%
Black or African American alone 132 0.7%
Asian alone 41 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 95 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 58 0.3%
Two or more races 921 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 616 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.8

Under 18 4,091 22.2%
18–24 1,232 6.7%
25–44 4,207 22.9%
45–64 5,297 28.8%
65 and over 3,564 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $501.0M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,468
Establishments: 416

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,026 26.6%
Construction 843 21.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 463 12.0%
Public administration 380 9.8%
Manufacturing 227 5.9%
Natural resources & mining 226 5.9%
Leisure & hospitality 213 5.5%
Professional & business services 200 5.2%
Other services 159 4.1%
Financial activities 88 2.3%
Information 37 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.0%
Median gross rent: $844
Owner-occupied: 6,282
Renter-occupied: 1,108

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,927 votes cast

Republican 6,694 67.4%
Democratic 3,030 30.5%
Other / third-party 203 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 164 0.9%
German 42 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Other Indo-European 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,390
Family households: 5,081; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,276
Single-mother households: 239
Veterans: 1,162; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,614 14.2%
Mainline Protestant 2,427 13.2%
Catholic 1,572 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 119 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 20.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023