Morris County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,805 90.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 232 4.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 37 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 259 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%

• Under 18 1,103 20.7%
• 18–24 271 5.1%
• 25–44 1,202 22.5%
• 45–64 1,379 25.8%
• 65 and over 1,385 25.9%

Median household income

$66,251

90% interval $59,003–$73,499

−$9,151 vs KS · 56th of 105

Below poverty line

10.5%

90% interval 7.9%–13.1%

−0.4 pp vs KS · 71st of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.55 pp vs. state

County GDP

$233.5M

0.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,716

Establishments

161

• Education & health services 455 28.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 243 15.3%
• Public administration 164 10.3%
• Natural resources & mining 163 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 124 7.8%
• Financial activities 84 5.3%
• Professional & business services 70 4.4%
• Information 4 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 82.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+12.9 pp vs KS · 20th of 105

Median gross rent

$724

−$336 vs KS · 69th of 105

Owner-occupied

2,043

Renter-occupied

507

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $59,578/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Information, $11,673/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,021 72.4%
• Democratic 721 25.8%
• Other / third-party 50 1.8%

• German or other West Germanic 57 1.1%
• Spanish 48 0.9%
• Tagalog 15 0.3%
• Vietnamese 12 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 3 0.1%

Households

2,550

Family households

1,541

60.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

407

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

75

4.9% of families

Veterans

500

11.9% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,401 26.0%
• Catholic 495 9.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 487 9.0%

Health insured

93.1%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±2.7 pp

74th of 105

With a disability

17.2%

±2.4 pp

31st of 105

Bachelor's or higher

29.9%

±4.8 pp

−5.7 pp vs KS · 20th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 8.4%–10.8% · 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

3

70.8 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1