Jury Pool Profile

Rooks County, Kansas

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 4,869
Median household income: $61,596
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,523 92.9%
Black or African American alone 132 2.7%
Asian alone 10 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 45 0.9%
Two or more races 132 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 144 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46

Under 18 1,025 21.1%
18–24 272 5.6%
25–44 1,074 22.1%
45–64 1,358 27.9%
65 and over 1,140 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $230.4M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,590
Establishments: 202

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 450 25.8%
Education & health services 428 24.5%
Public administration 291 16.7%
Natural resources & mining 125 7.2%
Other services 103 5.9%
Leisure & hospitality 80 4.6%
Financial activities 73 4.2%
Professional & business services 66 3.8%
Information 23 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $679
Owner-occupied: 1,592
Renter-occupied: 550

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,534 votes cast

Republican 2,153 85.0%
Democratic 349 13.8%
Other / third-party 32 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 41 0.9%
German 14 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,142
Family households: 1,349; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,125
Single-mother households: 72
Veterans: 299; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

75.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,550 31.5%
Evangelical Protestant 1,406 28.6%
Mainline Protestant 755 15.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Gove City, Hays, Stockton, WaKeeney

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023