Jury Pool Profile

Morris County, Kansas

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 5,388
Median household income: $56,716
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,002 92.8%
Black or African American alone 12 0.2%
Asian alone 13 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 71 1.3%
Two or more races 290 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 237 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.7

Under 18 1,108 20.6%
18–24 286 5.3%
25–44 1,112 20.6%
45–64 1,475 27.4%
65 and over 1,407 26.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $233.5M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,045
Establishments: 168

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 451 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 237 15.1%
Public administration 176 11.2%
Manufacturing 153 9.7%
Natural resources & mining 152 9.7%
Leisure & hospitality 137 8.7%
Professional & business services 72 4.6%
Information 64 4.1%
Construction 64 4.1%
Financial activities 54 3.4%
Other services 16 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.2%
Median gross rent: $711
Owner-occupied: 1,978
Renter-occupied: 521

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,792 votes cast

Republican 2,021 72.4%
Democratic 721 25.8%
Other / third-party 50 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 111 2.2%
German 21 0.4%
Vietnamese 13 0.3%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,499
Family households: 1,503; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,298
Single-mother households: 80
Veterans: 530; 12.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,401 26.0%
Catholic 495 9.2%
Evangelical Protestant 487 9.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th Judicial District Court
Judges: 4 (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: Abilene, Council Grove, Junction City, Marion

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 23.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023