Jury Pool Profile

Rawlins County, Kansas

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 2,533
Median household income: $65,000
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 2,371 93.6%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 13 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 1.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 34 1.3%
Two or more races 90 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 186 7.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47

Under 18 571 22.5%
18–24 129 5.1%
25–44 514 20.3%
45–64 619 24.4%
65 and over 700 27.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $179.5M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,112
Establishments: 122

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 279 27.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 270 26.8%
Public administration 140 13.9%
Manufacturing 84 8.3%
Natural resources & mining 60 6.0%
Construction 56 5.6%
Financial activities 40 4.0%
Leisure & hospitality 28 2.8%
Professional & business services 24 2.4%
Other services 16 1.6%
Information 11 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.6%
Median gross rent: $823
Owner-occupied: 800
Renter-occupied: 366

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,403 votes cast

Republican 1,194 85.1%
Democratic 176 12.5%
Other / third-party 33 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 92 3.9%
Other 37 1.6%
German 12 0.5%
Other Indo-European 4 0.2%
Tagalog 3 0.1%
Korean 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,166
Family households: 725; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 560
Single-mother households: 64
Veterans: 159; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 616 24.1%
Catholic 501 19.6%
Mainline Protestant 241 9.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.5%
With a disability: 20.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Atwood, Colby, Goodland, Hoxie, Oakley, Saint Francis, Sharon Springs

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 101.94 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023