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Jury Pool Profile

Marshall County, Kansas

Republican +49.0 (2024)
County seat
Marysville
Judicial district
22nd Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
9,852
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 9,993.

At a glance

Marshall County is a 9,852-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,743, $10,659 below the KS state median of $75,402; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 26.3% of covered employment, average pay $42,876/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.49%, below the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 73% of the vote across the three.

Population
9,993
Median household income
$68,419
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.

Marshall County has a population of 9,993, with a median age of 43.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.6%; Black residents 0.7%. Independently, 2.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $64,743; 19.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 9,322 93.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 280 2.8%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 71 0.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 33 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 235 2.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 31 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 21 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

  • Under 18 2,420 24.2%
  • 18–24 463 4.6%
  • 25–44 2,327 23.3%
  • 45–64 2,477 24.8%
  • 65 and over 2,306 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$64,743
90% interval $58,074–$71,412
−$10,659 vs KS · 63rd of 105
Below poverty line
11.7%
90% interval 9.5%–13.9%
+0.8 pp vs KS · 50th of 105

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing-heavy

BLS QCEW 'Manufacturing' is ≥15% of total covered employment. This county: 24.2%.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 26.3% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 24.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.49%, below the Kansas state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
−0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP
$704.3M
0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,802
Establishments
394

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,137 26.3%
  • Manufacturing 1,045 24.2%
  • Education & health services 793 18.3%
  • Public administration 310 7.2%
  • Professional & business services 235 5.4%
  • Construction 223 5.2%
  • Financial activities 196 4.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 186 4.3%
  • Information 94 2.2%
  • Other services 58 1.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 46 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
80.0%
+12.8 pp vs KS · 21st of 105
Median gross rent
$690
−$370 vs KS · 83rd of 105
Owner-occupied
3,340
Renter-occupied
836

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $72,861/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,071/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Marshall County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.3% in 2024, 72.9% in 2020, 71.0% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,968 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201671.0%23.2%
202072.9%24.7%
202473.3%24.3%
  • Republican 3,644 73.3%
  • Democratic 1,205 24.3%
  • Other / third-party 119 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 8.8% of the adult civilian population (666 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 129 1.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 125 1.3%
  • Tagalog 10 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 8 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
4,176
Family households
2,817
67.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
865
30.7% of families
Single-mother families
99
3.5% of families
Veterans
666
8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

84.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 3,818 38.0%
  • Evangelical Protestant 2,692 26.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,876 18.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 107 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.9%
±1.9 pp
Uninsured
5.1%
±1.9 pp
97th of 105
With a disability
15.2%
±2.2 pp
60th of 105
Bachelor's or higher
19.1%
±2.7 pp
−16.5 pp vs KS · 98th of 105
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.9%
90% interval 9.7%–12.1% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
22nd 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
Hiawatha, Marysville, Seneca, Troy

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Marshall totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
13.2 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Marshall County, Kansas to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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