Jury Pool Profile

Ness County, Kansas

Republican +79 (2024)

Population: 2,659
Median household income: $66,107
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,144 80.6%
Black or African American alone 1 0.0%
Asian alone 7 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 311 11.7%
Two or more races 196 7.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 403 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.1

Under 18 536 20.2%
18–24 289 10.9%
25–44 478 18.0%
45–64 701 26.4%
65 and over 655 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $227.1M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,722
Establishments: 144

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 291 26.8%
Education & health services 284 26.2%
Natural resources & mining 176 16.2%
Public administration 112 10.3%
Financial activities 54 5.0%
Professional & business services 41 3.8%
Other services 29 2.7%
Leisure & hospitality 28 2.6%
Manufacturing 26 2.4%
Construction 24 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $653
Owner-occupied: 922
Renter-occupied: 241

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,363 votes cast

Republican 1,205 88.4%
Democratic 129 9.5%
Other / third-party 29 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 320 12.5%
Arabic 18 0.7%
German 14 0.5%
Slavic languages 5 0.2%
Tagalog 2 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,163
Family households: 816; 70.2% of households
Married w/ children: 726
Single-mother households: 26
Veterans: 140; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,004 37.4%
Catholic 825 30.7%
Evangelical Protestant 137 5.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th Judicial District Court
Judges: 2 (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: Dighton, Jetmore, Kinsley, La Crosse, Larned, Ness City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 47.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023