Jury Pool Profile

McPherson County, Kansas

Republican +41 (2024)

Population: 30,130
Median household income: $77,701
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,018 93.0%
Black or African American alone 518 1.7%
Asian alone 218 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 34 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 170 0.6%
Two or more races 1,172 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,635 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

Under 18 6,567 21.8%
18–24 3,530 11.7%
25–44 7,054 23.4%
45–64 7,035 23.3%
65 and over 5,944 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 1.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,013
Establishments: 974

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,559 33.9%
Education & health services 3,780 23.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,121 12.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,191 7.3%
Professional & business services 1,144 7.0%
Construction 848 5.2%
Public administration 631 3.8%
Financial activities 515 3.1%
Other services 375 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 126 0.8%
Information 123 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $889
Owner-occupied: 9,211
Renter-occupied: 2,940

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,104 votes cast

Republican 9,816 69.6%
Democratic 4,021 28.5%
Other / third-party 267 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,147 4.0%
German 253 0.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 76 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 67 0.2%
Vietnamese 30 0.1%
Other Indo-European 23 0.1%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,151
Family households: 8,195; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 7,119
Single-mother households: 368
Veterans: 1,189; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,910 26.2%
Mainline Protestant 6,716 22.2%
Catholic 990 3.3%
Black Protestant 100 0.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 100 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th 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: McPherson, Newton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 21.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023