Saline County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 41,758 77.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,843 12.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,822 3.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 915 1.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,208 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 58 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 59 0.1%

• Under 18 12,185 22.7%
• 18–24 4,821 9.0%
• 25–44 13,168 24.5%
• 45–64 13,398 25.0%
• 65 and over 10,096 18.8%

Median household income

$69,558

90% interval $63,410–$75,706

−$5,844 vs KS · 37th of 105

Below poverty line

10.2%

90% interval 8.1%–12.3%

−0.7 pp vs KS · 78th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.9B

1.68% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,231

Establishments

1,547

• Education & health services 8,261 27.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,672 18.7%
• Manufacturing 4,801 15.8%
• Professional & business services 3,547 11.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,080 10.1%
• Public administration 1,744 5.7%
• Construction 1,245 4.1%
• Financial activities 968 3.2%
• Other services 804 2.6%
• Information 196 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 50 0.2%

Home ownership

67.1%

−0.1 pp vs KS · 88th of 105

Median gross rent

$961

−$99 vs KS · 14th of 105

Owner-occupied

15,121

Renter-occupied

7,402

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Financial activities, $71,048/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,032/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 15,069 64.9%
• Democratic 7,734 33.3%
• Other / third-party 423 1.8%

• Spanish 2,466 4.9%
• Korean 307 0.6%
• Vietnamese 185 0.4%
• Tagalog 99 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 96 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 86 0.2%
• Chinese 64 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.0%

Households

22,523

Family households

13,302

59.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,832

28.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,411

10.6% of families

Veterans

2,881

7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,775 14.3%
• Mainline Protestant 6,928 12.8%
• Catholic 6,396 11.8%
• Black Protestant 1,260 2.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,182 2.2%
• Orthodox 50 0.1%

Health insured

88.8%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

11.2%

±1.5 pp

19th of 105

With a disability

14.2%

±1.1 pp

74th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

29.1%

±2.3 pp

−6.5 pp vs KS · 23rd of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.7%–11.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

28th 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

Minneapolis, Salina

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

16.87 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6