Jury Pool Profile

Neosho County, Kansas

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 15,715
Median household income: $55,704
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,432 91.8%
Black or African American alone 222 1.4%
Asian alone 78 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 55 0.3%
Two or more races 918 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 930 5.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 3,788 24.1%
18–24 1,485 9.4%
25–44 3,399 21.6%
45–64 3,837 24.4%
65 and over 3,206 20.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $787.6M; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,327
Establishments: 492

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,803 27.7%
Manufacturing 1,439 22.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,085 16.7%
Public administration 742 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 458 7.0%
Financial activities 233 3.6%
Professional & business services 227 3.5%
Construction 196 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 140 2.2%
Information 22 0.3%
Other services 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.6%
Median gross rent: $650
Owner-occupied: 4,841
Renter-occupied: 1,481

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,784 votes cast

Republican 4,961 73.1%
Democratic 1,696 25.0%
Other / third-party 127 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 140 0.9%
Tagalog 76 0.5%
German 56 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 32 0.2%
Other Indo-European 27 0.2%
Chinese 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,322
Family households: 4,008; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,007
Single-mother households: 405
Veterans: 886; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,941 18.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,298 14.4%
Catholic 1,750 11.0%
Black Protestant 322 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 168 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 31st 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: Erie, Fredonia, Iola, Yates Center

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 25.15 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023