Butler County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,532 85.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,992 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,292 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,132 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,755 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 335 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 82 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 167 0.2%

• Under 18 16,796 24.6%
• 18–24 5,974 8.7%
• 25–44 17,491 25.6%
• 45–64 16,935 24.8%
• 65 and over 11,091 16.2%

Median household income

$83,150

90% interval $75,536–$90,764

+$7,748 vs KS · 7th of 105

Below poverty line

8.3%

90% interval 6.5%–10.1%

−2.6 pp vs KS · 98th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.8B

1.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,558

Establishments

1,618

• Education & health services 6,861 34.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,478 17.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,959 9.8%
• Manufacturing 1,912 9.6%
• Public administration 1,587 7.9%
• Construction 1,379 6.9%
• Professional & business services 1,367 6.8%
• Financial activities 649 3.2%
• Other services 424 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 249 1.2%
• Information 110 0.6%

Home ownership

77.6%

+10.4 pp vs KS · 39th of 105

Median gross rent

$956

−$104 vs KS · 15th of 105

Owner-occupied

19,653

Renter-occupied

5,685

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $93,991/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,962/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 22,426 69.6%
• Democratic 9,150 28.4%
• Other / third-party 660 2.0%

• Spanish 1,627 2.5%
• German or other West Germanic 201 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 192 0.3%
• Chinese 145 0.2%
• Korean 115 0.2%
• Arabic 100 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.0%
• Vietnamese 10 0.0%
• Tagalog 10 0.0%

Households

25,338

Family households

18,477

72.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,388

34.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,263

6.8% of families

Veterans

4,448

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,707 15.9%
• Mainline Protestant 5,187 7.7%
• Catholic 5,060 7.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 778 1.2%
• Black Protestant 180 0.3%

Health insured

94.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±0.9 pp

88th of 105

With a disability

15.2%

±1.2 pp

58th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

32.4%

±1.5 pp

−3.2 pp vs KS · 9th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 7.1%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

13th Judicial District Court

Judges

4 (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

El Dorado, Eureka, Howard

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

13.59 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6