Allen County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,733 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 620 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 84 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 742 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 79 0.4%

• Under 18 4,914 23.1%
• 18–24 1,567 7.4%
• 25–44 5,199 24.4%
• 45–64 5,806 27.3%
• 65 and over 3,807 17.9%

Median household income

$64,655

90% interval $60,585–$68,725

+$174 vs KY · 36th of 120

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 10.8%–17.8%

−1.1 pp vs KY · 85th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$616.4M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,385

Establishments

450

• Manufacturing 1,297 25.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,245 24.1%
• Professional & business services 521 10.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 500 9.7%
• Education & health services 429 8.3%
• Financial activities 98 1.9%
• Public administration 6 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 79.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.5%

+6.2 pp vs KY · 59th of 120

Median gross rent

$844

−$123 vs KY · 36th of 120

Owner-occupied

5,983

Renter-occupied

2,052

• 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 (Manufacturing, $66,619/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,184/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 7,824 83.1%
• Democratic 1,505 16.0%
• Other / third-party 89 0.9%

• German or other West Germanic 853 4.3%
• Spanish 251 1.3%
• Arabic 7 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.0%

Households

8,035

Family households

5,718

71.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,445

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

503

8.8% of families

Veterans

1,421

8.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,851 23.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,865 9.1%
• Catholic 211 1.0%
• Black Protestant 126 0.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

Health insured

92.4%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±2.5 pp

27th of 120

With a disability

18.5%

±1.9 pp

85th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

18.4%

±2.6 pp

−9.2 pp vs KY · 47th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.7%

90% interval 7.6%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

49th 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

Franklin, Scottsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

18.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2