Jury Pool Profile

Sedgwick County, Kansas

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 524,810
Median household income: $67,675
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 373,534 71.2%
Black or African American alone 41,654 7.9%
Asian alone 22,249 4.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,133 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 406 0.1%
Some other race alone 25,286 4.8%
Two or more races 57,548 11.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 84,671 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.9

Under 18 132,179 25.2%
18–24 49,331 9.4%
25–44 140,670 26.8%
45–64 121,542 23.2%
65 and over 81,088 15.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $41.5B; 18.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,652
Establishments: 14,427

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 60,165 22.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 48,423 18.3%
Manufacturing 46,745 17.7%
Professional & business services 32,870 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 29,467 11.1%
Construction 15,067 5.7%
Financial activities 11,180 4.2%
Public administration 10,152 3.8%
Other services 6,782 2.6%
Information 3,356 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 573 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.3%
Median gross rent: $977
Owner-occupied: 127,693
Renter-occupied: 77,331

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 214,152 votes cast

Republican 120,118 56.1%
Democratic 90,506 42.3%
Other / third-party 3,528 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 50,778 10.3%
Vietnamese 7,928 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,927 0.8%
Other Indo-European 2,531 0.5%
Arabic 2,444 0.5%
Other 2,052 0.4%
Chinese 1,550 0.3%
Tagalog 1,170 0.2%
German 988 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 661 0.1%
Slavic languages 327 0.1%
Korean 289 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 205,024
Family households: 129,103; 63.0% of households
Married w/ children: 95,023
Single-mother households: 14,312
Veterans: 27,148; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 103,463 19.8%
Catholic 72,361 13.8%
Mainline Protestant 30,054 5.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 17,846 3.4%
Black Protestant 16,018 3.1%
Orthodox 1,250 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th Judicial District Court
Judges: 28 (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: Wichita

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 54; 13.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 51

NHTSA FARS 2023