Seward County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 5,392 25.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 14,486 67.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 624 2.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 513 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 429 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%

• Under 18 6,513 30.3%
• 18–24 2,371 11.0%
• 25–44 5,633 26.2%
• 45–64 4,669 21.7%
• 65 and over 2,300 10.7%

Median household income

$69,448

90% interval $62,281–$76,615

−$5,954 vs KS · 38th of 105

Below poverty line

13.1%

90% interval 9.9%–16.3%

+2.2 pp vs KS · 26th of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.75% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,492

Establishments

572

• Education & health services 2,346 21.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,080 18.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 869 7.9%
• Public administration 648 5.9%
• Professional & business services 536 4.9%
• Natural resources & mining 342 3.1%
• Financial activities 217 2.0%
• Information 17 0.2%
• Other services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 64.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.8%

−5.4 pp vs KS · 100th of 105

Median gross rent

$905

−$155 vs KS · 25th of 105

Owner-occupied

4,485

Renter-occupied

2,772

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $73,900/yr) pays 6.6× the lowest (Other services, $11,210/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 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 3,133 68.6%
• Democratic 1,354 29.7%
• Other / third-party 78 1.7%

• Spanish 11,175 56.8%
• German or other West Germanic 272 1.4%
• Vietnamese 208 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%

Households

7,257

Family households

4,916

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,498

30.5% of families

Single-mother families

885

18.0% of families

Veterans

301

2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,360 19.9%
• Catholic 3,500 15.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 922 4.2%
• Mainline Protestant 689 3.1%
• Black Protestant 220 1.0%

Health insured

87.5%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

12.5%

±2.6 pp

12th of 105

With a disability

11.2%

±1.9 pp

101st of 105

Bachelor's or higher

11.4%

±2.3 pp

−24.2 pp vs KS · 105th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

16.8%

90% interval 15.1%–18.5% · 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

4

26.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4