Jury Pool Profile

Mitchell County, Kansas

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 5,767
Median household income: $58,233
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,418 93.9%
Black or African American alone 11 0.2%
Asian alone 15 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 79 1.4%
Two or more races 215 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 118 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 1,335 23.1%
18–24 496 8.6%
25–44 1,156 20.0%
45–64 1,468 25.5%
65 and over 1,312 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; +0.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $614.5M; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,181
Establishments: 275

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 888 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 751 23.9%
Manufacturing 382 12.1%
Public administration 274 8.7%
Natural resources & mining 200 6.4%
Leisure & hospitality 184 5.8%
Construction 163 5.2%
Financial activities 129 4.1%
Professional & business services 82 2.6%
Information 7 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.0%
Median gross rent: $653
Owner-occupied: 1,797
Renter-occupied: 770

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,172 votes cast

Republican 2,608 82.2%
Democratic 528 16.6%
Other / third-party 36 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 118 2.2%
German 11 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,567
Family households: 1,679; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,408
Single-mother households: 99
Veterans: 343; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

64.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,082 35.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,131 19.5%
Evangelical Protestant 543 9.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 16.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Belleville, Beloit, Concordia, Lincoln Center, Mankato, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 22.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023