Jury Pool Profile
Montgomery County, Kansas
Republican +51 (2024)
- Population
- 31,143
- Median household income
- $53,242
- Unemployment
- 4.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 24,725 79.4%
- Black or African American alone 1,336 4.3%
- Asian alone 77 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 831 2.7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 34 0.1%
- Some other race alone 724 2.3%
- Two or more races 3,416 11.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,428 7.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.3
- Under 18 7,503 24.1%
- 18–24 2,685 8.6%
- 25–44 6,917 22.2%
- 45–64 7,831 25.1%
- 65 and over 6,207 19.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.4%
- +0.58 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $3.0B
- 1.3% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $46,284
- Establishments
- 2,228
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 4,940 33.6%
- Manufacturing 2,906 19.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,312 15.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,141 7.8%
- Professional & business services 946 6.4%
- Public administration 823 5.6%
- Construction 705 4.8%
- Other services 357 2.4%
- Financial activities 318 2.2%
- Natural resources & mining 167 1.1%
- Information 101 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 72.6%
- Median gross rent
- $759
- Owner-occupied
- 9,342
- Renter-occupied
- 3,529
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 12,441 votes cast
- Republican 9,287 74.6%
- Democratic 2,934 23.6%
- Other / third-party 220 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 1,256 4.3%
- German 99 0.3%
- Other 78 0.3%
- Other Asian/Pacific 57 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 47 0.2%
- Arabic 29 0.1%
- Chinese 18 0.1%
- Slavic languages 7 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 5 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 12,871
- Family households
- 7,810
- 60.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,639
- Single-mother households
- 714
- Veterans
- 1,772
- 7.5% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
51.4% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 9,549 30.3%
- Mainline Protestant 3,170 10.1%
- Catholic 2,035 6.5%
- Black Protestant 904 2.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 538 1.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.4%
- With a disability
- 20.4%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 14th 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
- Independence, Sedan
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 12.69 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023