Jury Pool Profile

Rice County, Kansas

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 9,389
Median household income: $63,947
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,556 80.5%
Black or African American alone 176 1.9%
Asian alone 6 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 80 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 456 4.9%
Two or more races 1,115 11.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,282 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 2,201 23.4%
18–24 1,098 11.7%
25–44 2,028 21.6%
45–64 2,225 23.7%
65 and over 1,837 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $949.4M; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,565
Establishments: 356

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,001 26.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 596 15.8%
Manufacturing 462 12.3%
Natural resources & mining 400 10.6%
Public administration 307 8.1%
Professional & business services 285 7.6%
Construction 223 5.9%
Leisure & hospitality 215 5.7%
Financial activities 186 4.9%
Other services 49 1.3%
Information 45 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $717
Owner-occupied: 2,849
Renter-occupied: 845

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,966 votes cast

Republican 3,073 77.5%
Democratic 825 20.8%
Other / third-party 68 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 652 7.4%
Other Indo-European 17 0.2%
Tagalog 17 0.2%
Other 12 0.1%
German 9 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,694
Family households: 2,361; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,059
Single-mother households: 137
Veterans: 653; 9.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,498 26.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,118 11.9%
Catholic 980 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 7 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th 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: Ellsworth, Great Bend, Lyons, Russell, Saint John

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 41.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023