Jury Pool Profile
Ottawa County, Kansas
Republican +66 (2024)
- Population
- 5,782
- Median household income
- $76,755
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 5,415 93.7%
- Black or African American alone 40 0.7%
- Asian alone 3 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.5%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 61 1.1%
- Two or more races 236 4.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 183 3.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.5
- Under 18 1,334 23.1%
- 18–24 394 6.8%
- 25–44 1,318 22.8%
- 45–64 1,546 26.7%
- 65 and over 1,190 20.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.2%
- -0.56 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $150.0M
- 0.07% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $39,552
- Establishments
- 157
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 284 22.0%
- Manufacturing 216 16.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 173 13.4%
- Public administration 150 11.6%
- Professional & business services 78 6.0%
- Financial activities 69 5.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 50 3.9%
- Natural resources & mining 26 2.0%
- Construction 14 1.1%
- Other services 6 0.5%
- Information 5 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.0%
- Median gross rent
- $738
- Owner-occupied
- 1,855
- Renter-occupied
- 522
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 3,003 votes cast
- Republican 2,475 82.4%
- Democratic 476 15.9%
- Other / third-party 52 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.1% speak only English at home
- Spanish 88 1.6%
- Other 35 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.4%
- German 12 0.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,377
- Family households
- 1,722
- 72.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,373
- Single-mother households
- 87
- Veterans
- 282
- 6.3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
38.0% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 987 17.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 896 15.6%
- Catholic 298 5.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.8%
- With a disability
- 13.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 28th Judicial District Court
- Judges
- 4 (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
- Minneapolis, Salina
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 44.96 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023