Jury Pool Profile

Russell County, Kansas

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 6,717
Median household income: $53,902
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,069 90.4%
Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
Asian alone 24 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 36 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 115 1.7%
Two or more races 473 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 271 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 1,490 22.2%
18–24 425 6.3%
25–44 1,436 21.4%
45–64 1,633 24.3%
65 and over 1,733 25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $357.0M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,661
Establishments: 312

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 593 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 414 16.7%
Public administration 347 14.0%
Manufacturing 314 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 233 9.4%
Natural resources & mining 210 8.5%
Construction 98 3.9%
Professional & business services 88 3.5%
Information 76 3.1%
Financial activities 74 3.0%
Other services 38 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $722
Owner-occupied: 2,369
Renter-occupied: 730

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,301 votes cast

Republican 2,632 79.7%
Democratic 608 18.4%
Other / third-party 61 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 65 1.0%
German 22 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.1%
Other Indo-European 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,099
Family households: 1,683; 54.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,294
Single-mother households: 135
Veterans: 453; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 2,488 37.2%
Catholic 1,020 15.2%
Evangelical Protestant 319 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 79 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.1%

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: 2; 38.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023