Jury Pool Profile

Pottawatomie County, Kansas

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 25,808
Median household income: $87,694
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,262 90.1%
Black or African American alone 450 1.7%
Asian alone 92 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 110 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.1%
Some other race alone 200 0.8%
Two or more races 1,669 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,508 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.2

Under 18 7,499 29.1%
18–24 1,843 7.1%
25–44 6,596 25.6%
45–64 5,981 23.2%
65 and over 3,889 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,426
Establishments: 747

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,369 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,213 22.1%
Manufacturing 1,913 19.1%
Professional & business services 845 8.4%
Construction 766 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 706 7.0%
Public administration 468 4.7%
Financial activities 335 3.3%
Other services 205 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 119 1.2%
Information 89 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.5%
Median gross rent: $1,011
Owner-occupied: 7,490
Renter-occupied: 1,594

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,472 votes cast

Republican 9,811 72.8%
Democratic 3,394 25.2%
Other / third-party 267 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 450 1.9%
German 91 0.4%
Other Indo-European 73 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 60 0.3%
Tagalog 31 0.1%
Chinese 21 0.1%
Other 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,084
Family households: 6,564; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 5,857
Single-mother households: 309
Veterans: 1,932; 10.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,198 20.5%
Catholic 4,341 17.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,535 10.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 591 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Alma, Holton, Oskaloosa, Westmoreland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 10.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023