Jury Pool Profile

Lane County, Kansas

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 1,497
Median household income: $53,042
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 1,349 90.1%
Black or African American alone 5 0.3%
Asian alone 17 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 73 4.9%
Two or more races 39 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 231 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.9

Under 18 352 23.5%
18–24 77 5.1%
25–44 266 17.8%
45–64 448 29.9%
65 and over 354 23.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $173.9M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,079
Establishments: 87

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 131 21.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 125 20.7%
Public administration 86 14.2%
Financial activities 30 5.0%
Leisure & hospitality 21 3.5%
Professional & business services 20 3.3%
Information 6 1.0%
Other services 3 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $497
Owner-occupied: 574
Renter-occupied: 151

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 843 votes cast

Republican 709 84.1%
Democratic 111 13.2%
Other / third-party 23 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 153 10.8%
German 19 1.3%
Chinese 18 1.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 725
Family households: 412; 56.8% of households
Married w/ children: 349
Single-mother households: 32
Veterans: 115; 10% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 562 35.7%
Evangelical Protestant 273 17.3%
Catholic 200 12.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 83.3%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Dighton, Jetmore, Kinsley, La Crosse, Larned, Ness City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023