Jury Pool Profile

Osborne County, Kansas

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 3,473
Median household income: $59,408
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,228 92.9%
Black or African American alone 14 0.4%
Asian alone 9 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 71 2.0%
Two or more races 139 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.8

Under 18 750 21.6%
18–24 219 6.3%
25–44 717 20.6%
45–64 873 25.1%
65 and over 914 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $183.8M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,453
Establishments: 169

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 359 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 321 25.7%
Professional & business services 147 11.8%
Public administration 128 10.2%
Manufacturing 104 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 56 4.5%
Financial activities 48 3.8%
Other services 37 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 21 1.7%
Construction 19 1.5%
Information 12 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $591
Owner-occupied: 1,230
Renter-occupied: 379

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,774 votes cast

Republican 1,477 83.3%
Democratic 261 14.7%
Other / third-party 36 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 42 1.3%
Chinese 9 0.3%
Other Indo-European 7 0.2%
Korean 7 0.2%
Other 6 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,609
Family households: 914; 56.8% of households
Married w/ children: 697
Single-mother households: 86
Veterans: 144; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 729 20.8%
Evangelical Protestant 674 19.3%
Catholic 406 11.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

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