Jury Pool Profile
Pawnee County, Kansas
Republican +52 (2024)
- Population
- 6,220
- Median household income
- $63,625
- Unemployment
- 3.2%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 5,442 87.5%
- Black or African American alone 426 6.8%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 62 1.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 54 0.9%
- Two or more races 236 3.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 540 8.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 44.9
- Under 18 895 14.4%
- 18–24 457 7.3%
- 25–44 1,761 28.3%
- 45–64 1,731 27.8%
- 65 and over 1,376 22.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.2%
- -0.59 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $352.8M
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $50,265
- Establishments
- 211
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 1,131 44.3%
- Public administration 355 13.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 285 11.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 274 10.7%
- Financial activities 80 3.1%
- Professional & business services 78 3.1%
- Construction 12 0.5%
- Information 4 0.2%
- Other services 4 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 64.1%
- Median gross rent
- $806
- Owner-occupied
- 1,549
- Renter-occupied
- 866
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 2,675 votes cast
- Republican 2,003 74.9%
- Democratic 625 23.4%
- Other / third-party 47 1.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 115 1.9%
- Arabic 5 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 2,415
- Family households
- 1,189
- 49.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,047
- Single-mother households
- 77
- Veterans
- 423
- 8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
52.7% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 1,318 21.1%
- Mainline Protestant 1,090 17.4%
- Catholic 810 13.0%
- Black Protestant 76 1.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.9%
- With a disability
- 23.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 75.12 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023