Adair County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,255 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 671 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 395 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 45 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 663 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 54 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%

• Under 18 3,761 19.7%
• 18–24 2,506 13.1%
• 25–44 4,230 22.2%
• 45–64 4,837 25.3%
• 65 and over 3,755 19.7%

Median household income

$50,581

90% interval $44,678–$56,484

−$13,900 vs KY · 87th of 120

Below poverty line

21.2%

90% interval 16.3%–26.1%

+5.8 pp vs KY · 31st of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$570.2M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,804

Establishments

534

• Education & health services 1,496 29.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,020 20.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 474 9.3%
• Manufacturing 336 6.6%
• Financial activities 269 5.3%
• Professional & business services 218 4.3%
• Other services 91 1.8%
• Public administration 16 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 77.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.2%

+8.9 pp vs KY · 36th of 120

Median gross rent

$771

−$196 vs KY · 61st of 120

Owner-occupied

5,510

Renter-occupied

1,626

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $61,046/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,965/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.5 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 7,643 85.2%
• Democratic 1,257 14.0%
• Other / third-party 71 0.8%

• Spanish 424 2.3%
• German or other West Germanic 112 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 99 0.5%

Households

7,136

Family households

4,699

65.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,246

26.5% of families

Single-mother families

186

4.0% of families

Veterans

1,174

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,039 21.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,962 10.4%
• Catholic 125 0.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.9 pp

31st of 120

With a disability

22.9%

±2.3 pp

43rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

21.8%

±3.1 pp

−5.8 pp vs KY · 28th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.6%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

29th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction; civil amount-in-controversy > $5,000); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) separate. Vintage 2026 kycourts.gov; shaded-bench counts per Wikipedia 'Kentucky Circuit Courts' judge-count map, with the three '6 or more' circuits (16th Kenton, 22nd Fayette, 30th Jefferson) hard-pinned to 6, 9, and 23 respectively per Wikipedia footnote 4. Mid-range single-county metro and exurban-cluster circuits are conservative midpoints; verify against KRS § 23A.040 before relying on exact counts.)

Court seats

Columbia, Liberty

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

39.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5