Jury Pool Profile

Seward County, Kansas

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 21,640
Median household income: $62,269
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,764 40.5%
Black or African American alone 587 2.7%
Asian alone 514 2.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 337 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 48 0.2%
Some other race alone 5,438 25.1%
Two or more races 5,952 27.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,418 66.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31

Under 18 6,687 30.9%
18–24 2,309 10.7%
25–44 5,831 26.9%
45–64 4,568 21.1%
65 and over 2,245 10.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,156
Establishments: 588

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,247 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,133 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 864 7.8%
Public administration 673 6.1%
Professional & business services 478 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 435 3.9%
Financial activities 228 2.1%
Other services 195 1.8%
Information 90 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.2%
Median gross rent: $924
Owner-occupied: 4,414
Renter-occupied: 2,794

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,565 votes cast

Republican 3,133 68.6%
Democratic 1,354 29.7%
Other / third-party 78 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

40.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,996 55.6%
German 235 1.2%
Vietnamese 226 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 143 0.7%
Other 118 0.6%
Slavic languages 10 0.1%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,208
Family households: 4,779; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,195
Single-mother households: 925
Veterans: 330; 2.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,360 19.9%
Catholic 3,500 15.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 922 4.2%
Mainline Protestant 689 3.1%
Black Protestant 220 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.1%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th 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: Elkhart, Hugoton, Johnson City, Liberal, Sublette, Ulysses

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 13.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023