Jury Pool Profile

Jewell County, Kansas

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 2,909
Median household income: $52,344
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,708 93.1%
Black or African American alone 23 0.8%
Asian alone 15 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 23 0.8%
Two or more races 131 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 76 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.3

Under 18 622 21.4%
18–24 82 2.8%
25–44 621 21.3%
45–64 694 23.9%
65 and over 890 30.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $142.5M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $36,363
Establishments: 110

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 191 26.4%
Education & health services 174 24.0%
Public administration 155 21.4%
Leisure & hospitality 71 9.8%
Financial activities 19 2.6%
Professional & business services 14 1.9%
Other services 6 0.8%
Information 4 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.7%
Median gross rent: $591
Owner-occupied: 1,023
Renter-occupied: 245

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,574 votes cast

Republican 1,370 87.0%
Democratic 176 11.2%
Other / third-party 28 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 19 0.7%
Other 10 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.3%
German 8 0.3%
Other Indo-European 5 0.2%
Tagalog 4 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,268
Family households: 832; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 722
Single-mother households: 35
Veterans: 188; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.0% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 568 19.4%
Evangelical Protestant 546 18.6%
Catholic 322 11.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 21.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Belleville, Beloit, Concordia, Lincoln Center, Mankato, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 87.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023