Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Kansas

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 11,795
Median household income: $63,438
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,004 93.3%
Black or African American alone 136 1.2%
Asian alone 62 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 63 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 52 0.4%
Two or more races 478 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 480 4.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 2,504 21.2%
18–24 1,268 10.8%
25–44 2,314 19.6%
45–64 2,944 25.0%
65 and over 2,765 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $520.6M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,013
Establishments: 351

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,363 37.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 535 14.8%
Manufacturing 463 12.8%
Public administration 372 10.3%
Leisure & hospitality 232 6.4%
Construction 165 4.6%
Professional & business services 137 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 127 3.5%
Other services 97 2.7%
Financial activities 92 2.5%
Information 32 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.8%
Median gross rent: $727
Owner-occupied: 3,793
Renter-occupied: 899

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,870 votes cast

Republican 4,312 73.5%
Democratic 1,429 24.3%
Other / third-party 129 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 95 0.8%
Vietnamese 62 0.6%
German 48 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 21 0.2%
Chinese 16 0.1%
Other Indo-European 12 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,692
Family households: 2,983; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,502
Single-mother households: 221
Veterans: 613; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,974 33.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,423 12.0%
Catholic 610 5.2%
Orthodox 34 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 14.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Abilene, Council Grove, Junction City, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 53.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023