Finney County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,093 37.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,246 53.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,672 4.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,470 3.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 515 1.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 47 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 15 0.0%

• Under 18 11,379 29.9%
• 18–24 3,996 10.5%
• 25–44 9,860 25.9%
• 45–64 8,324 21.9%
• 65 and over 4,525 11.9%

Median household income

$70,195

90% interval $62,767–$77,623

−$5,207 vs KS · 35th of 105

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 8.8%–14.6%

+0.8 pp vs KS · 49th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

1.35% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,175

Establishments

1,111

• Manufacturing 4,815 23.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,595 22.3%
• Education & health services 4,058 19.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,022 9.8%
• Public administration 1,278 6.2%
• Natural resources & mining 928 4.5%
• Construction 919 4.5%
• Professional & business services 857 4.2%
• Financial activities 634 3.1%
• Other services 388 1.9%
• Information 124 0.6%

Home ownership

64.9%

−2.3 pp vs KS · 94th of 105

Median gross rent

$1,048

−$12 vs KS · 8th of 105

Owner-occupied

8,589

Renter-occupied

4,640

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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, $68,469/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,936/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 7,166 66.5%
• Democratic 3,425 31.8%
• Other / third-party 191 1.8%

• Spanish 13,683 39.0%
• Vietnamese 535 1.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 347 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 173 0.5%
• Arabic 82 0.2%
• Tagalog 32 0.1%

Households

13,229

Family households

9,238

69.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,876

31.1% of families

Single-mother families

1,039

11.2% of families

Veterans

950

3.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,089 34.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,411 16.7%
• Mainline Protestant 3,295 8.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,130 2.9%
• Orthodox 15 0.0%

Health insured

87.3%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

12.7%

±2.2 pp

9th of 105

With a disability

13.5%

±1.5 pp

80th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

19.0%

±2.1 pp

−16.6 pp vs KS · 99th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.7%

90% interval 15.2%–18.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

Garden City, Lakin, Leoti, Scott City, Syracuse, Tribune

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

7.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2