Jury Pool Profile

Smith County, Kansas

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 3,579
Median household income: $57,024
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,370 94.2%
Black or African American alone 27 0.8%
Asian alone 25 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 28 0.8%
Two or more races 112 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50

Under 18 723 20.2%
18–24 193 5.4%
25–44 711 19.9%
45–64 922 25.8%
65 and over 1,030 28.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $220.8M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,908
Establishments: 164

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 420 30.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 406 29.8%
Public administration 158 11.6%
Natural resources & mining 120 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 46 3.4%
Professional & business services 43 3.2%
Other services 39 2.9%
Financial activities 36 2.6%
Information 21 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 83.0%
Median gross rent: $601
Owner-occupied: 1,310
Renter-occupied: 268

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,006 votes cast

Republican 1,675 83.5%
Democratic 300 15.0%
Other / third-party 31 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 21 0.6%
German 10 0.3%
Other Indo-European 3 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,578
Family households: 955; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 816
Single-mother households: 19
Veterans: 282; 9.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.4% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,051 29.4%
Evangelical Protestant 1,005 28.2%
Catholic 136 3.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th 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: Hill City, Norton, Oberlin, Osborne, Phillipsburg, Smith Center

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