Jury Pool Profile

Phillips County, Kansas

Republican +74 (2024)

Population: 4,874
Median household income: $61,235
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,589 94.2%
Black or African American alone 26 0.5%
Asian alone 23 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 36 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 14 0.3%
Two or more races 186 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 160 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

Under 18 1,121 23.0%
18–24 340 7.0%
25–44 994 20.4%
45–64 1,219 25.0%
65 and over 1,200 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $604.5M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,784
Establishments: 234

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 590 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 419 19.1%
Public administration 316 14.4%
Manufacturing 275 12.5%
Financial activities 130 5.9%
Natural resources & mining 125 5.7%
Professional & business services 115 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 110 5.0%
Other services 56 2.5%
Construction 38 1.7%
Information 25 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $621
Owner-occupied: 1,635
Renter-occupied: 547

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,747 votes cast

Republican 2,356 85.8%
Democratic 331 12.0%
Other / third-party 60 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 55 1.2%
Tagalog 14 0.3%
German 9 0.2%
Slavic languages 7 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,182
Family households: 1,210; 55.5% of households
Married w/ children: 998
Single-mother households: 99
Veterans: 244; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

85.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,682 33.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,616 32.4%
Catholic 679 13.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 289 5.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

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: 2; 53.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023