Stevens County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,951 57.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,018 39.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 12 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 174 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,486 28.8%
• 18–24 370 7.2%
• 25–44 1,253 24.3%
• 45–64 1,133 21.9%
• 65 and over 920 17.8%

Median household income

$73,962

90% interval $65,095–$82,829

−$1,440 vs KS · 18th of 105

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 6.5%–11.3%

−2.0 pp vs KS · 92nd of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.9 pp vs. state

County GDP

$496.7M

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,554

Establishments

200

• Natural resources & mining 585 27.4%
• Education & health services 499 23.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 333 15.6%
• Public administration 180 8.4%
• Manufacturing 175 8.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 148 6.9%
• Other services 53 2.5%
• Construction 51 2.4%
• Financial activities 46 2.2%
• Information 7 0.3%
• Professional & business services 2 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 97.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+7.3 pp vs KS · 64th of 105

Median gross rent

$927

−$133 vs KS · 20th of 105

Owner-occupied

1,406

Renter-occupied

482

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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, $93,547/yr) pays 5.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,267/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 1,595 86.9%
• Democratic 210 11.4%
• Other / third-party 30 1.6%

• Spanish 1,197 24.5%
• German or other West Germanic 127 2.6%
• Chinese 5 0.1%
• Tagalog 3 0.1%

Households

1,888

Family households

1,175

62.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

444

37.8% of families

Single-mother families

60

5.1% of families

Veterans

137

3.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,664 31.7%
• Mainline Protestant 483 9.2%
• Catholic 350 6.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 245 4.7%

Health insured

85.8%

±4 pp

Uninsured

14.2%

±4 pp

7th of 105

With a disability

13.1%

±3.2 pp

84th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

20.3%

±3.9 pp

−15.3 pp vs KS · 86th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

17.6%

90% interval 15.7%–19.5% · 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

1

27.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1