Jury Pool Profile

Sherman County, Kansas

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 5,919
Median household income: $64,444
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 4,833 81.7%
Black or African American alone 231 3.9%
Asian alone 2 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 421 7.1%
Two or more races 432 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 766 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 1,421 24.0%
18–24 695 11.7%
25–44 1,270 21.5%
45–64 1,320 22.3%
65 and over 1,213 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $404.8M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,344
Establishments: 282

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 734 30.5%
Education & health services 601 25.0%
Leisure & hospitality 291 12.1%
Public administration 246 10.2%
Professional & business services 148 6.2%
Financial activities 126 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 82 3.4%
Construction 56 2.3%
Other services 55 2.3%
Information 37 1.5%
Manufacturing 30 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.5%
Median gross rent: $852
Owner-occupied: 1,568
Renter-occupied: 790

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,593 votes cast

Republican 2,161 83.3%
Democratic 379 14.6%
Other / third-party 53 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

90.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 466 8.5%
German 29 0.5%
Other 11 0.2%
Slavic languages 3 0.1%
Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,358
Family households: 1,521; 64.5% of households
Married w/ children: 1,164
Single-mother households: 232
Veterans: 309; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.1% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,186 20.0%
Evangelical Protestant 803 13.5%
Catholic 792 13.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 308 5.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.1%
With a disability: 18.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023