Jury Pool Profile

Thomas County, Kansas

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 7,913
Median household income: $73,575
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,321 92.5%
Black or African American alone 104 1.3%
Asian alone 19 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 242 3.1%
Two or more races 226 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 639 8.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.3

Under 18 1,915 24.2%
18–24 1,062 13.4%
25–44 1,776 22.4%
45–64 1,745 22.1%
65 and over 1,415 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.97 pp vs. state
County GDP: $904.7M; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,946
Establishments: 416

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,146 27.9%
Education & health services 1,027 25.0%
Leisure & hospitality 417 10.2%
Natural resources & mining 406 9.9%
Public administration 278 6.8%
Construction 229 5.6%
Professional & business services 196 4.8%
Financial activities 165 4.0%
Manufacturing 111 2.7%
Other services 77 1.9%
Information 52 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.5%
Median gross rent: $753
Owner-occupied: 2,373
Renter-occupied: 728

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,664 votes cast

Republican 3,007 82.1%
Democratic 597 16.3%
Other / third-party 60 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 374 5.1%
Other Indo-European 40 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.3%
Tagalog 17 0.2%
German 12 0.2%
Other 5 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,101
Family households: 1,961; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,677
Single-mother households: 108
Veterans: 327; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.8% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,565 19.7%
Evangelical Protestant 1,341 16.9%
Catholic 1,200 15.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 317 4.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 87.6%
With a disability: 12.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.2%

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: 4; 66.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023