Trego County, Kansas

• White (non-Hispanic) 2,643 95.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 31 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 19 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 44 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 14 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 26 0.9%

• Under 18 560 20.2%
• 18–24 94 3.4%
• 25–44 618 22.3%
• 45–64 729 26.3%
• 65 and over 776 27.9%

Median household income

$65,283

90% interval $57,998–$72,568

−$10,119 vs KS · 61st of 105

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 7.7%–13.1%

−0.5 pp vs KS · 73rd of 105

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$178.0M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,466

Establishments

129

• Trade, transportation & utilities 309 30.1%
• Education & health services 280 27.3%
• Public administration 161 15.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 128 12.5%
• Manufacturing 42 4.1%
• Other services 18 1.8%
• Professional & business services 17 1.7%
• Financial activities 2 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 93.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.2%

+15.0 pp vs KS · 9th of 105

Median gross rent

$720

−$340 vs KS · 71st of 105

Owner-occupied

1,124

Renter-occupied

243

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Trade, transportation & utilities, $68,151/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,814/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 1,343 84.6%
• Democratic 216 13.6%
• Other / third-party 28 1.8%

• Tagalog 11 0.4%
• Spanish 3 0.1%

Households

1,367

Family households

954

69.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

226

23.7% of families

Single-mother families

106

11.1% of families

Veterans

195

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 764 27.2%
• Catholic 538 19.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 416 14.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.1%

Health insured

95.7%

±2 pp

Uninsured

4.3%

±2 pp

104th of 105

With a disability

11.6%

±3.2 pp

97th of 105

Bachelor's or higher

30.1%

±6.6 pp

−5.5 pp vs KS · 19th of 105

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.5%

90% interval 7.4%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

23rd 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

Gove City, Hays, Stockton, WaKeeney

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0