Jury Pool Profile

Morton County, Kansas

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 2,647
Median household income: $65,625
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,067 78.1%
Black or African American alone 35 1.3%
Asian alone 37 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 60 2.3%
Two or more races 447 16.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 613 23.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.7

Under 18 650 24.6%
18–24 140 5.3%
25–44 584 22.1%
45–64 736 27.8%
65 and over 537 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $219.4M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,418
Establishments: 94

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 224 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 142 17.9%
Public administration 138 17.4%
Natural resources & mining 67 8.4%
Information 41 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 41 5.2%
Professional & business services 28 3.5%
Other services 22 2.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $637
Owner-occupied: 745
Renter-occupied: 205

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,060 votes cast

Republican 909 85.8%
Democratic 131 12.4%
Other / third-party 20 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 371 14.6%
German 56 2.2%
Tagalog 32 1.3%
Other Indo-European 23 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 950
Family households: 594; 62.5% of households
Married w/ children: 444
Single-mother households: 2
Veterans: 130; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 701 26.0%
Mainline Protestant 253 9.4%
Catholic 250 9.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.8%
With a disability: 17.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th 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: Elkhart, Hugoton, Johnson City, Liberal, Sublette, Ulysses

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023