Jury Pool Profile

Stevens County, Kansas

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 5,212
Median household income: $61,909
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,548 68.1%
Black or African American alone 6 0.1%
Asian alone 15 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 680 13.0%
Two or more races 960 18.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,016 38.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38

Under 18 1,507 28.9%
18–24 446 8.6%
25–44 1,258 24.1%
45–64 1,110 21.3%
65 and over 891 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.71 pp vs. state
County GDP: $496.7M; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,377
Establishments: 205

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 594 28.1%
Education & health services 499 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 343 16.2%
Public administration 186 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 146 6.9%
Other services 60 2.8%
Financial activities 48 2.3%
Professional & business services 39 1.8%
Information 7 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.0%
Median gross rent: $930
Owner-occupied: 1,306
Renter-occupied: 483

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,835 votes cast

Republican 1,595 86.9%
Democratic 210 11.4%
Other / third-party 30 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

70.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,339 27.3%
German 76 1.6%
Chinese 5 0.1%
Tagalog 4 0.1%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,789
Family households: 1,274; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 984
Single-mother households: 44
Veterans: 142; 3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,664 31.7%
Mainline Protestant 483 9.2%
Catholic 350 6.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 245 4.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 82.3%
With a disability: 12.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial District Court
Judges: 3 (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: Elkhart, Hugoton, Johnson City, Liberal, Sublette, Ulysses

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