Jury Pool Profile

Lyon County, Kansas

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 32,145
Median household income: $59,078
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,112 75.0%
Black or African American alone 509 1.6%
Asian alone 571 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 112 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,278 4.0%
Two or more races 5,561 17.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,526 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.1

Under 18 7,171 22.3%
18–24 5,522 17.2%
25–44 7,602 23.6%
45–64 6,775 21.1%
65 and over 5,075 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.86% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,458
Establishments: 878

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,095 26.7%
Manufacturing 4,085 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,723 17.7%
Leisure & hospitality 1,552 10.1%
Professional & business services 848 5.5%
Public administration 754 4.9%
Financial activities 399 2.6%
Construction 333 2.2%
Other services 302 2.0%
Information 209 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 56 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 58.2%
Median gross rent: $796
Owner-occupied: 7,749
Renter-occupied: 5,573

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,256 votes cast

Republican 7,462 56.3%
Democratic 5,515 41.6%
Other / third-party 279 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,398 14.5%
German 123 0.4%
Vietnamese 121 0.4%
Other Indo-European 98 0.3%
Chinese 87 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 68 0.2%
Tagalog 7 0.0%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,322
Family households: 7,756; 58.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,864
Single-mother households: 768
Veterans: 1,587; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,883 15.2%
Catholic 4,208 13.1%
Mainline Protestant 3,964 12.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 884 2.7%
Black Protestant 540 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.0%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Cottonwood Falls, Emporia

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 28.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023