Jury Pool Profile

Sheridan County, Kansas

Republican +80.3 (2024)

County seat: Hoxie
Judicial district: 15th Judicial District Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 2,427; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,426.

At a glance

Sheridan County is a 2,427-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,812, $4,590 below the KS state median of $75,402; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 28.0% of covered employment, average pay $50,071/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.45%, below the 3.83% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 87% to 90% of the vote across the three.

Population: 2,426
Median household income: $73,750
Unemployment: 2.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.

Sheridan County has a population of 2,426, with a median age of 42.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.6%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 5.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $70,812; 24.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.5% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 2,214 91.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 143 5.9%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 60 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 7 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 614 25.3%
18–24 167 6.9%
25–44 511 21.1%
45–64 566 23.3%
65 and over 568 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $70,812; 90% interval $62,805–$78,819; −$4,590 vs KS · 32nd of 105
Below poverty line: 9.5%; 90% interval 7.0%–12.0%; −1.4 pp vs KS · 87th of 105

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Energy-sector presence

BLS QCEW 'Natural resources & mining' (oil & gas) is ≥5% of total covered employment. This county: 11.4%.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 28.0% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.45%, below the Kansas state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.5%; −1.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $224.2M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,958
Establishments: 122

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 280 28.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 225 22.5%
Natural resources & mining 114 11.4%
Public administration 87 8.7%
Professional & business services 73 7.3%
Leisure & hospitality 40 4.0%
Other services 34 3.4%
Financial activities 25 2.5%
Information 2 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%; +9.6 pp vs KS · 48th of 105
Median gross rent: $689; −$371 vs KS · 84th of 105
Owner-occupied: 758
Renter-occupied: 229

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $70,734/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,771/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Small-business scale

Average establishment employs only 8.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 88%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Sheridan County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 89.5% in 2024, 88.5% in 2020, 87.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,373 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 1,229 89.5%
Democratic 126 9.2%
Other / third-party 18 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

4.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (110 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 94 4.1%
German or other West Germanic 2 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 987
Family households: 570; 57.8% of households
Married couples w/ children: 160; 28.1% of families
Single-mother families: 31; 5.4% of families
Veterans: 110; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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: 92.4%; ±3.3 pp
Uninsured: 7.6%; ±3.3 pp; 58th of 105
With a disability: 15.6%; ±3.6 pp; 53rd of 105
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%; ±5 pp; −11.3 pp vs KS · 53rd of 105
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 7.4%; 90% interval 6.4%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

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 counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Sheridan totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 2 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 2; 110.38 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	87.1%	9.3%
2020	88.5%	10.3%
2024	89.5%	9.2%