Jury Pool Profile
Rush County, Kansas
Republican +66 (2024)
- Population
- 2,957
- Median household income
- $60,288
- Unemployment
- 3.4%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,674 90.4%
- Black or African American alone 13 0.4%
- Asian alone 5 0.2%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.4%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 18 0.6%
- Two or more races 235 7.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 160 5.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 46
- Under 18 599 20.3%
- 18–24 234 7.9%
- 25–44 610 20.6%
- 45–64 767 25.9%
- 65 and over 747 25.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 3.4%
- -0.38 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $195.6M
- 0.08% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,311
- Establishments
- 116
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 267 24.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 255 23.8%
- Manufacturing 211 19.7%
- Public administration 136 12.7%
- Construction 65 6.1%
- Financial activities 33 3.1%
- Natural resources & mining 20 1.9%
- Professional & business services 19 1.8%
- Information 5 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.6%
- Median gross rent
- $700
- Owner-occupied
- 1,100
- Renter-occupied
- 282
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,606 votes cast
- Republican 1,315 81.9%
- Democratic 264 16.4%
- Other / third-party 27 1.7%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 53 1.9%
- German 36 1.3%
- Other Indo-European 25 0.9%
- Other 4 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,382
- Family households
- 736
- 53.3% of households
- Married w/ children
- 616
- Single-mother households
- 31
- Veterans
- 187
- 7.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
57.4% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 889 30.1%
- Catholic 508 17.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 301 10.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.1%
- With a disability
- 14.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 24th 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
- Dighton, Jetmore, Kinsley, La Crosse, Larned, Ness City
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 42.41 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023