Jury Pool Profile

Shawnee County, Kansas

Democratic +0 (2024)

Population: 178,315
Median household income: $66,043
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 135,645 76.1%
Black or African American alone 13,598 7.6%
Asian alone 2,594 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,123 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 155 0.1%
Some other race alone 8,398 4.7%
Two or more races 16,802 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,244 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 41,541 23.3%
18–24 15,252 8.6%
25–44 43,748 24.5%
45–64 43,955 24.7%
65 and over 33,819 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $14.6B; 6.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,096
Establishments: 5,183

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 27,212 27.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,011 16.1%
Professional & business services 12,793 12.9%
Public administration 11,572 11.7%
Manufacturing 8,198 8.3%
Leisure & hospitality 8,095 8.2%
Financial activities 6,347 6.4%
Construction 4,541 4.6%
Other services 3,226 3.3%
Information 1,156 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 96 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.0%
Median gross rent: $970
Owner-occupied: 49,921
Renter-occupied: 24,607

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 81,819 votes cast

Democratic 40,308 49.3%
Republican 39,901 48.8%
Other / third-party 1,610 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 8,894 5.3%
Other Indo-European 684 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 536 0.3%
Chinese 446 0.3%
German 249 0.1%
Tagalog 231 0.1%
Slavic languages 212 0.1%
Other 193 0.1%
Vietnamese 156 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 111 0.1%
Korean 54 0.0%
Arabic 35 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 74,528
Family households: 45,637; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 33,142
Single-mother households: 4,383
Veterans: 10,927; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 27,759 15.5%
Catholic 22,200 12.4%
Mainline Protestant 15,560 8.7%
Black Protestant 6,282 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,466 2.5%
Orthodox 100 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 14.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial District Court
Judges: 16 (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: Topeka

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 8.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023