Jury Pool Profile
Norton County, Kansas
Republican +68 (2024)
- Population
- 5,392
- Median household income
- $50,305
- Unemployment
- 3.1%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 4,833 89.6%
- Black or African American alone 146 2.7%
- Asian alone 3 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 69 1.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 73 1.4%
- Two or more races 268 5.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 314 5.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.2
- Under 18 1,100 20.4%
- 18–24 339 6.3%
- 25–44 1,567 29.1%
- 45–64 1,291 23.9%
- 65 and over 1,095 20.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.1%
- -0.67 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $357.3M
- 0.16% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $47,252
- Establishments
- 196
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 657 28.8%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 502 22.0%
- Public administration 357 15.7%
- Manufacturing 244 10.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 149 6.5%
- Financial activities 93 4.1%
- Professional & business services 75 3.3%
- Natural resources & mining 68 3.0%
- Other services 55 2.4%
- Construction 47 2.1%
- Information 33 1.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 81.4%
- Median gross rent
- $642
- Owner-occupied
- 1,561
- Renter-occupied
- 356
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,270 votes cast
- Republican 1,882 82.9%
- Democratic 346 15.2%
- Other / third-party 42 1.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.4% speak only English at home
- Spanish 124 2.4%
- Slavic languages 5 0.1%
- Tagalog 2 0.0%
- German 1 0.0%
- Chinese 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,917
- Family households
- 1,090
- 56.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 845
- Single-mother households
- 128
- Veterans
- 304
- 7.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
65.5% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 2,313 42.4%
- Mainline Protestant 811 14.9%
- Catholic 447 8.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 90.5%
- With a disability
- 18.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 19.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 17th 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
- Hill City, Norton, Oberlin, Osborne, Phillipsburg, Smith Center
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 23.3 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023