Dickinson County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,312 88.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,050 5.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 44 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 935 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 69 0.4%

• Under 18 4,283 23.2%
• 18–24 1,147 6.2%
• 25–44 4,405 23.9%
• 45–64 4,720 25.6%
• 65 and over 3,890 21.1%

Median household income

$68,772

90% interval $61,544–$76,000

−$6,630 vs KS · 44th of 105

Below poverty line

8.5%

90% interval 6.3%–10.7%

−2.4 pp vs KS · 94th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$853.8M

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,487

Establishments

541

• Manufacturing 1,617 24.5%
• Education & health services 1,533 23.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,211 18.3%
• Professional & business services 514 7.8%
• Public administration 450 6.8%
• Construction 398 6.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 383 5.8%
• Financial activities 189 2.9%
• Other services 124 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 117 1.8%
• Information 66 1.0%

Home ownership

78.6%

+11.4 pp vs KS · 28th of 105

Median gross rent

$901

−$159 vs KS · 26th of 105

Owner-occupied

6,298

Renter-occupied

1,718

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $60,811/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,570/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 7,014 76.7%
• Democratic 1,989 21.8%
• Other / third-party 141 1.5%

• Spanish 512 2.9%
• German or other West Germanic 159 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.1%
• Chinese 13 0.1%
• Arabic 4 0.0%

Households

8,016

Family households

5,485

68.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,598

29.1% of families

Single-mother families

397

7.2% of families

Veterans

1,617

11.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,761 15.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,517 13.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,509 13.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 92 0.5%

Health insured

91.1%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

8.9%

±2.2 pp

42nd of 105

With a disability

14.8%

±1.8 pp

65th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

23.7%

±3 pp

−11.9 pp vs KS · 59th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.7%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th 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

Abilene, Council Grove, Junction City, Marion

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

14.12 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2