Ford County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,065 35.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,130 59.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 802 2.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 317 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 622 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 122 0.4%

• Under 18 10,197 29.9%
• 18–24 3,623 10.6%
• 25–44 8,669 25.4%
• 45–64 7,540 22.1%
• 65 and over 4,045 11.9%

Median household income

$69,650

90% interval $62,142–$77,158

−$5,752 vs KS · 36th of 105

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 12.4%–17.2%

+3.9 pp vs KS · 9th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.81 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.2B

1.39% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,337

Establishments

842

• Manufacturing 6,921 37.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,946 16.1%
• Education & health services 2,637 14.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,810 9.9%
• Professional & business services 1,379 7.5%
• Public administration 1,004 5.5%
• Construction 505 2.8%
• Financial activities 348 1.9%
• Other services 330 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 320 1.7%
• Information 145 0.8%

Home ownership

62.5%

−4.7 pp vs KS · 98th of 105

Median gross rent

$1,010

−$50 vs KS · 11th of 105

Owner-occupied

7,371

Renter-occupied

4,425

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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, $68,669/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,641/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 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 5,616 68.3%
• Democratic 2,461 29.9%
• Other / third-party 147 1.8%

• Spanish 13,718 43.9%
• Arabic 206 0.7%
• Vietnamese 187 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 41 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.1%
• Chinese 19 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 18 0.1%
• Tagalog 18 0.1%

Households

11,796

Family households

8,057

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,701

33.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,388

17.2% of families

Veterans

924

3.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 10,982 32.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,715 19.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,508 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 773 2.3%
• Black Protestant 310 0.9%

Health insured

84.1%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

15.9%

±2.3 pp

6th of 105

With a disability

11.7%

±1.3 pp

95th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

20.7%

±2.1 pp

−14.9 pp vs KS · 82nd of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.9%

90% interval 15.3%–18.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th 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

Ashland, Cimarron, Coldwater, Dodge City, Greensburg, Meade

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

4.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1