Jury Pool Profile

Osage County, Kansas

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 15,780
Median household income: $70,216
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,778 93.7%
Black or African American alone 79 0.5%
Asian alone 20 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 85 0.5%
Two or more races 795 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 512 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 3,681 23.3%
18–24 1,093 6.9%
25–44 3,468 22.0%
45–64 4,288 27.2%
65 and over 3,250 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $417.5M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $38,780
Establishments: 370

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 955 32.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 528 18.0%
Public administration 361 12.3%
Professional & business services 266 9.0%
Leisure & hospitality 229 7.8%
Construction 179 6.1%
Financial activities 128 4.4%
Manufacturing 126 4.3%
Other services 105 3.6%
Information 33 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 31 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.1%
Median gross rent: $810
Owner-occupied: 5,099
Renter-occupied: 1,263

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,892 votes cast

Republican 5,736 72.7%
Democratic 1,946 24.7%
Other / third-party 210 2.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

German 139 0.9%
Spanish 130 0.9%
Other Indo-European 18 0.1%
Chinese 12 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,362
Family households: 4,251; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 3,234
Single-mother households: 316
Veterans: 1,008; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,074 19.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,540 9.8%
Catholic 663 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 9 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 16.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th 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: Burlington, Garnett, Lyndon, Ottawa

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 24.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023