Geary County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,661 54.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,050 16.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,142 14.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,008 2.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,292 9.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 150 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 373 1.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 139 0.4%

• Under 18 11,373 31.8%
• 18–24 4,704 13.1%
• 25–44 12,400 34.6%
• 45–64 4,229 11.8%
• 65 and over 3,109 8.7%

Median household income

$62,304

90% interval $58,366–$66,242

−$13,098 vs KS · 74th of 105

Below poverty line

12.4%

90% interval 10.2%–14.6%

+1.5 pp vs KS · 35th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+1.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

1.63% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,694

Establishments

718

• Education & health services 3,176 25.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,629 21.1%
• Public administration 2,013 16.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,447 11.6%
• Professional & business services 1,280 10.3%
• Manufacturing 860 6.9%
• Financial activities 491 3.9%
• Information 19 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 95.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

43.5%

−23.7 pp vs KS · 105th of 105

Median gross rent

$1,104

+$44 vs KS · 5th of 105

Owner-occupied

6,161

Renter-occupied

7,997

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Public administration, $69,653/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,377/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 5,288 57.7%
• Democratic 3,674 40.1%
• Other / third-party 201 2.2%

• Spanish 2,888 9.1%
• German or other West Germanic 279 0.9%
• Korean 226 0.7%
• Tagalog 208 0.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 169 0.5%
• Vietnamese 47 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.1%
• Chinese 17 0.1%
• Arabic 16 0.1%

Households

14,158

Family households

9,490

67.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,855

40.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,438

15.2% of families

Veterans

3,972

20.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,029 19.1%
• Catholic 2,544 6.9%
• Mainline Protestant 2,272 6.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,467 4.0%
• Black Protestant 530 1.4%

Health insured

92.3%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

7.7%

±1.5 pp

57th of 105

With a disability

15.2%

±1.6 pp

59th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±2.6 pp

−9.4 pp vs KS · 33rd of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.8%–10.2% · 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

5

20.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5