Pottawatomie County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,831 87.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,590 6.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 431 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 112 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 962 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 61 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 191 0.7%

• Under 18 7,557 28.8%
• 18–24 1,937 7.4%
• 25–44 6,670 25.5%
• 45–64 6,020 23.0%
• 65 and over 4,020 15.3%

Median household income

$97,918

90% interval $89,659–$106,177

+$22,516 vs KS · 2nd of 105

Below poverty line

6.8%

90% interval 5.1%–8.5%

−4.1 pp vs KS · 104th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.42 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.69% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,916

Establishments

727

• Education & health services 2,400 24.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,142 21.4%
• Manufacturing 1,816 18.2%
• Professional & business services 816 8.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 766 7.7%
• Public administration 471 4.7%
• Financial activities 345 3.5%
• Information 27 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 87.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.2%

+15.0 pp vs KS · 8th of 105

Median gross rent

$924

−$136 vs KS · 21st of 105

Owner-occupied

7,713

Renter-occupied

1,668

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Manufacturing, $73,255/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,408/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 9,811 72.8%
• Democratic 3,394 25.2%
• Other / third-party 267 2.0%

• Spanish 288 1.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 139 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 77 0.3%
• Tagalog 35 0.1%
• Vietnamese 34 0.1%
• Chinese 9 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%

Households

9,381

Family households

6,832

72.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,019

44.2% of families

Single-mother families

230

3.4% of families

Veterans

1,901

10.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,198 20.5%
• Catholic 4,341 17.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,535 10.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 591 2.3%

Health insured

95.3%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±1.1 pp

101st of 105

With a disability

11.2%

±1.3 pp

100th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

38.2%

±3.3 pp

+2.6 pp vs KS · 5th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.9%

90% interval 6.1%–7.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

2nd 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

Alma, Holton, Oskaloosa, Westmoreland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

5.36 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1