Haskell County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,403 66.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,126 30.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 17 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 73 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 981 26.9%
• 18–24 350 9.6%
• 25–44 844 23.2%
• 45–64 890 24.4%
• 65 and over 576 15.8%

Median household income

$75,979

90% interval $67,003–$84,955

+$577 vs KS · 15th of 105

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 7.5%–12.7%

−0.8 pp vs KS · 79th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.76 pp vs. state

County GDP

$519.8M

0.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,840

Establishments

168

• Natural resources & mining 624 34.6%
• Education & health services 380 21.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 317 17.6%
• Public administration 117 6.5%
• Construction 101 5.6%
• Manufacturing 93 5.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 59 3.3%
• Other services 43 2.4%
• Professional & business services 22 1.2%
• Information 11 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 97.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.3%

+9.1 pp vs KS · 52nd of 105

Median gross rent

$830

−$230 vs KS · 36th of 105

Owner-occupied

1,070

Renter-occupied

333

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $72,273/yr) pays 5.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,003/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 1,045 81.8%
• Democratic 221 17.3%
• Other / third-party 12 0.9%

• Spanish 670 19.9%
• German or other West Germanic 508 15.1%

Households

1,403

Family households

917

65.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

368

40.1% of families

Single-mother families

50

5.5% of families

Veterans

68

2.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,226 32.4%
• Catholic 640 16.9%
• Mainline Protestant 540 14.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

82.6%

±5.2 pp

Uninsured

17.4%

±5.2 pp

3rd of 105

With a disability

12.2%

±2.1 pp

94th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

19.9%

±4.5 pp

−15.7 pp vs KS · 91st of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.5%

90% interval 17.5%–21.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

26th 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

Elkhart, Hugoton, Johnson City, Liberal, Sublette, Ulysses

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0