Jury Pool Profile
Sheridan County, Kansas
Republican +80 (2024)
- Population
- 2,442
- Median household income
- $70,000
- Unemployment
- 2.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 2,273 93.1%
- Black or African American alone 3 0.1%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 74 3.0%
- Two or more races 86 3.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 145 5.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.4
- Under 18 622 25.5%
- 18–24 175 7.2%
- 25–44 485 19.9%
- 45–64 594 24.3%
- 65 and over 566 23.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.5%
- -1.32 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $224.2M
- 0.1% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $48,346
- Establishments
- 122
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 294 29.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 219 22.0%
- Natural resources & mining 123 12.4%
- Public administration 87 8.7%
- Professional & business services 54 5.4%
- Leisure & hospitality 51 5.1%
- Other services 30 3.0%
- Financial activities 25 2.5%
- Information 9 0.9%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 75.4%
- Median gross rent
- $663
- Owner-occupied
- 771
- Renter-occupied
- 251
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,373 votes cast
- Republican 1,229 89.5%
- Democratic 126 9.2%
- Other / third-party 18 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.9% speak only English at home
- Spanish 117 5.1%
- German 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 1,022
- Family households
- 579
- 56.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 469
- Single-mother households
- 30
- Veterans
- 135
- 7.4% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
70.9% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 1,019 41.6%
- Evangelical Protestant 449 18.3%
- Mainline Protestant 265 10.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.7%
- With a disability
- 16.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 24.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 15th 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
- Atwood, Colby, Goodland, Hoxie, Oakley, Saint Francis, Sharon Springs
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 109.89 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023