Jury Pool Profile
Meade County, Kansas
- County seat
- Meade
- Judicial district
- 16th Judicial District Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 3,852
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 3,903.
At a glance
Meade County is a 3,852-person venue. The county population is 75% White (Census race-alone categories). 24% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Those figures overlap rather than adding up; counted separately, non-Hispanic White residents are 69.8%, which is the basis the chart below uses. Median household income is $75,285; 26.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 23.2% 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 Natural resources & mining, at 26.1% of covered employment, average pay $47,951/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.17%, below the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 83% to 84% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 3,903
- Median household income
- $71,852
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 75% / 0%.
Meade County has a population of 3,903, with a median age of 38.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 74.5%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 24.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $75,285; 26.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 26.1%.
Natural resources & mining is the largest employment sector at 26.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.17%, below the Kansas state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 84%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Meade County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.2% in 2024, 83.5% in 2020, 83.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 23.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
23.2% 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 3.8% of the adult civilian population (111 individuals).