Jury Pool Profile

Wabaunsee County, Kansas

Republican +49 (2024)

Population: 6,961
Median household income: $70,536
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,393 91.8%
Black or African American alone 22 0.3%
Asian alone 26 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 56 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.1%
Some other race alone 93 1.3%
Two or more races 362 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 322 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

Under 18 1,596 22.9%
18–24 580 8.3%
25–44 1,456 20.9%
45–64 1,867 26.8%
65 and over 1,462 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $176.5M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,045
Establishments: 187

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 346 24.9%
Manufacturing 251 18.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 196 14.1%
Public administration 181 13.0%
Construction 130 9.4%
Natural resources & mining 123 8.9%
Leisure & hospitality 56 4.0%
Financial activities 48 3.5%
Professional & business services 30 2.2%
Information 15 1.1%
Other services 14 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $771
Owner-occupied: 2,086
Renter-occupied: 530

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,836 votes cast

Republican 2,816 73.4%
Democratic 944 24.6%
Other / third-party 76 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 50 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.2%
Chinese 6 0.1%
Arabic 6 0.1%
Other Indo-European 4 0.1%
German 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,616
Family households: 1,785; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,543
Single-mother households: 67
Veterans: 493; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,117 16.2%
Mainline Protestant 717 10.4%
Catholic 500 7.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.0%
With a disability: 16.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd 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: Alma, Holton, Oskaloosa, Westmoreland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 55.92 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023