Edwards County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,014 72.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 633 22.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 109 3.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 645 23.2%
• 18–24 168 6.0%
• 25–44 632 22.7%
• 45–64 709 25.5%
• 65 and over 625 22.5%

Median household income

$63,811

90% interval $56,583–$71,039

−$11,591 vs KS · 69th of 105

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 9.1%–14.5%

+0.9 pp vs KS · 48th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$236.0M

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,152

Establishments

129

• Natural resources & mining 277 25.7%
• Education & health services 241 22.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 190 17.6%
• Public administration 87 8.1%
• Professional & business services 57 5.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 25 2.3%
• Construction 11 1.0%
• Information 2 0.2%
• Other services 2 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 82.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.2%

+12.0 pp vs KS · 23rd of 105

Median gross rent

$740

−$320 vs KS · 65th of 105

Owner-occupied

920

Renter-occupied

242

• 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 (Professional & business services, $70,937/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,647/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,042 82.1%
• Democratic 213 16.8%
• Other / third-party 14 1.1%

• Spanish 488 18.6%
• German or other West Germanic 12 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.3%

Households

1,162

Family households

716

61.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

147

20.5% of families

Single-mother families

101

14.1% of families

Veterans

155

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 845 29.1%
• Mainline Protestant 520 17.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 284 9.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

89.5%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

10.5%

±2.5 pp

27th of 105

With a disability

17.9%

±2.5 pp

28th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

20.5%

±3.7 pp

−15.1 pp vs KS · 83rd of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.6%

90% interval 11.2%–14.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th 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

Dighton, Jetmore, Kinsley, La Crosse, Larned, Ness City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

93.72 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2