Jury Pool Profile
Kearny County, Kansas
- County seat
- Lakin
- Judicial district
- 25th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,888
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,864.
At a glance
Kearny County is a 3,888-person venue. The county population is 66% White (Census race-alone categories). 36% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 58.5%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $80,863, $5,461 above the KS state median of $75,402; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 32.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Tagalog. The largest employment sector is Natural resources & mining, at 39.9% of covered employment, average pay $56,114/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.33%, below the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 83% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,864
- Median household income
- $89,135
- Unemployment
- 3.3%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 66% / 0%.
Kearny County has a population of 3,864, with a median age of 37.1. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 65.7%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 35.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $80,863; 19.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 39.9%.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 39.9% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 25.8%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.33%, below the Kansas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Kearny County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 83.2% in 2024, 80.3% in 2020, 79.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 74% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 32.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
32.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 4.5% of the adult civilian population (124 individuals).