Harvey County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,409 81.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,129 12.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 477 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 380 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,212 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 89 0.3%

• Under 18 7,934 23.5%
• 18–24 2,836 8.4%
• 25–44 8,028 23.8%
• 45–64 7,719 22.9%
• 65 and over 7,239 21.4%

Median household income

$77,273

90% interval $70,768–$83,778

+$1,871 vs KS · 13th of 105

Below poverty line

8.5%

90% interval 6.7%–10.3%

−2.4 pp vs KS · 95th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.76% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,579

Establishments

827

• Education & health services 5,185 36.8%
• Manufacturing 2,900 20.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,042 14.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,252 8.9%
• Public administration 768 5.4%
• Construction 662 4.7%
• Professional & business services 541 3.8%
• Financial activities 360 2.6%
• Other services 259 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 83 0.6%
• Information 43 0.3%

Home ownership

69.8%

+2.6 pp vs KS · 81st of 105

Median gross rent

$900

−$160 vs KS · 27th of 105

Owner-occupied

9,569

Renter-occupied

4,131

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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 (Construction, $68,799/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,273/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 9,591 59.6%
• Democratic 6,202 38.6%
• Other / third-party 293 1.8%

• Spanish 1,913 6.0%
• German or other West Germanic 176 0.6%
• Tagalog 109 0.3%
• Vietnamese 72 0.2%
• Chinese 32 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 22 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.0%

Households

13,700

Family households

8,956

65.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,554

28.5% of families

Single-mother families

603

6.7% of families

Veterans

1,658

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,391 24.7%
• Mainline Protestant 3,536 10.4%
• Catholic 2,468 7.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 751 2.2%
• Black Protestant 532 1.6%

Health insured

91.3%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

8.7%

±1.5 pp

44th of 105

With a disability

13.1%

±1.6 pp

83rd of 105

Bachelor's or higher

30.1%

±2.5 pp

−5.5 pp vs KS · 18th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.4%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

9th 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

McPherson, Newton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

19.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5