Jury Pool Profile

Riley County, Kansas

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 71,710
Median household income: $59,560
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 55,831 77.9%
Black or African American alone 4,552 6.3%
Asian alone 2,913 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 793 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 199 0.3%
Some other race alone 1,596 2.2%
Two or more races 5,826 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,120 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 25.2

Under 18 11,642 16.2%
18–24 23,919 33.4%
25–44 18,647 26.0%
45–64 10,487 14.6%
65 and over 7,015 9.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 1.65% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,341
Establishments: 2,032

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 10,404 34.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,272 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 4,090 13.5%
Professional & business services 2,906 9.6%
Public administration 2,207 7.3%
Construction 1,808 6.0%
Financial activities 1,721 5.7%
Other services 1,438 4.7%
Manufacturing 721 2.4%
Natural resources & mining 449 1.5%
Information 332 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 44.9%
Median gross rent: $1,065
Owner-occupied: 12,172
Renter-occupied: 14,965

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,313 votes cast

Democratic 12,063 49.6%
Republican 11,630 47.8%
Other / third-party 620 2.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,878 4.2%
Other Indo-European 718 1.1%
Chinese 585 0.9%
Arabic 383 0.6%
Other 372 0.5%
Korean 226 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 217 0.3%
Tagalog 148 0.2%
German 128 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 77 0.1%
Vietnamese 47 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,137
Family households: 13,913; 51.3% of households
Married w/ children: 11,275
Single-mother households: 1,247
Veterans: 4,224; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,204 14.2%
Catholic 8,092 11.2%
Mainline Protestant 6,478 9.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,577 3.6%
Black Protestant 370 0.5%
Orthodox 25 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 13.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 48.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st Judicial District Court
Judges: 5 (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: Clay Center, Manhattan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 11.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023