Gray County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,529 79.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 949 16.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 36 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 171 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 12 0.2%

• Under 18 1,625 28.5%
• 18–24 496 8.7%
• 25–44 1,236 21.7%
• 45–64 1,384 24.3%
• 65 and over 960 16.8%

Median household income

$78,176

90% interval $70,283–$86,069

+$2,774 vs KS · 11th of 105

Below poverty line

7.9%

90% interval 5.9%–9.9%

−3.0 pp vs KS · 100th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−1.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$997.5M

0.43% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,843

Establishments

294

• Natural resources & mining 639 21.0%
• Education & health services 628 20.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 515 16.9%
• Construction 272 8.9%
• Professional & business services 251 8.3%
• Public administration 194 6.4%
• Manufacturing 101 3.3%
• Financial activities 101 3.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 93 3.1%
• Other services 49 1.6%
• Information 4 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 93.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.1%

+9.9 pp vs KS · 45th of 105

Median gross rent

$808

−$252 vs KS · 44th of 105

Owner-occupied

1,646

Renter-occupied

490

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $93,531/yr) pays 7.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $12,989/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 1,837 83.8%
• Democratic 324 14.8%
• Other / third-party 32 1.5%

• Spanish 552 10.4%
• German or other West Germanic 405 7.7%
• Vietnamese 3 0.1%
• Tagalog 3 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

Households

2,136

Family households

1,597

74.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

603

37.8% of families

Single-mother families

119

7.5% of families

Veterans

166

4.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,221 39.3%
• Mainline Protestant 858 15.2%
• Catholic 504 8.9%
• Black Protestant 328 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

88.5%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

11.5%

±2.7 pp

13th of 105

With a disability

8.9%

±1.4 pp

104th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

25.9%

±4.4 pp

−9.7 pp vs KS · 35th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.3%

90% interval 17.3%–21.3% · 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

4

98.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3