Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Kansas

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 5,519
Median household income: $62,452
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,127 92.9%
Black or African American alone 11 0.2%
Asian alone 32 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 163 3.0%
Two or more races 172 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 258 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.9

Under 18 1,324 24.0%
18–24 376 6.8%
25–44 1,104 20.0%
45–64 1,420 25.7%
65 and over 1,295 23.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $292.8M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,377
Establishments: 294

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 528 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 394 19.2%
Public administration 268 13.1%
Manufacturing 186 9.1%
Professional & business services 173 8.4%
Natural resources & mining 165 8.0%
Construction 119 5.8%
Leisure & hospitality 88 4.3%
Financial activities 65 3.2%
Information 6 0.3%
Other services 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.1%
Median gross rent: $547
Owner-occupied: 1,852
Renter-occupied: 519

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,700 votes cast

Republican 2,263 83.8%
Democratic 396 14.7%
Other / third-party 41 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 185 3.6%
German 74 1.4%
Other Indo-European 9 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 3 0.1%
Tagalog 3 0.1%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,371
Family households: 1,372; 57.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,194
Single-mother households: 55
Veterans: 386; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

81.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,083 37.7%
Catholic 1,640 29.7%
Mainline Protestant 778 14.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 12th 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: Belleville, Beloit, Concordia, Lincoln Center, Mankato, Washington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kansas statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 71.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023