Jury Pool Profile

Meade County, Kansas

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 3,949
Median household income: $74,868
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,184 80.6%
Black or African American alone 51 1.3%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 364 9.2%
Two or more races 329 8.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 915 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.5

Under 18 1,051 26.6%
18–24 353 8.9%
25–44 891 22.6%
45–64 994 25.2%
65 and over 660 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $318.2M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,614
Establishments: 169

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 350 22.7%
Education & health services 299 19.4%
Natural resources & mining 290 18.8%
Construction 191 12.4%
Public administration 171 11.1%
Professional & business services 55 3.6%
Financial activities 42 2.7%
Manufacturing 41 2.7%
Other services 37 2.4%
Leisure & hospitality 33 2.1%
Information 6 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.7%
Median gross rent: $799
Owner-occupied: 1,087
Renter-occupied: 409

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,695 votes cast

Republican 1,427 84.2%
Democratic 247 14.6%
Other / third-party 21 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

78.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 659 18.0%
German 82 2.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.6%
Other 14 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,496
Family households: 969; 64.8% of households
Married w/ children: 736
Single-mother households: 153
Veterans: 175; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

88.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,989 49.1%
Mainline Protestant 837 20.6%
Catholic 744 18.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 12.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th 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: Ashland, Cimarron, Coldwater, Dodge City, Greensburg, Meade

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 34.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023