Anderson County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,361 91.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 639 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 523 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 82 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 679 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 69 0.3%

• Under 18 5,634 23.1%
• 18–24 1,759 7.2%
• 25–44 5,850 24.0%
• 45–64 6,978 28.7%
• 65 and over 4,132 17.0%

Median household income

$76,395

90% interval $68,817–$83,973

+$11,914 vs KY · 11th of 120

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 7.5%–11.5%

−5.9 pp vs KY · 115th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$814.7M

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,262

Establishments

588

• Manufacturing 1,145 22.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,137 22.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 662 12.8%
• Education & health services 458 8.9%
• Professional & business services 228 4.4%
• Financial activities 184 3.6%
• Other services 98 1.9%
• Public administration 6 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 76.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.6%

+9.3 pp vs KY · 32nd of 120

Median gross rent

$927

−$40 vs KY · 21st of 120

Owner-occupied

7,492

Renter-occupied

2,161

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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, $75,999/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,623/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 9,650 73.7%
• Democratic 3,226 24.6%
• Other / third-party 214 1.6%

• Spanish 415 1.8%
• German or other West Germanic 73 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 37 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 24 0.1%
• Arabic 19 0.1%

Households

9,653

Family households

6,921

71.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,005

29.0% of families

Single-mother families

493

7.1% of families

Veterans

1,350

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,527 44.1%
• Mainline Protestant 1,397 5.9%
• Black Protestant 500 2.1%
• Catholic 485 2.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

Health insured

95.5%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±1.3 pp

95th of 120

With a disability

17.6%

±2.3 pp

88th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

26.2%

±3.1 pp

−1.4 pp vs KY · 17th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.1%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

53rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Lawrenceburg, Shelbyville, Taylorsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

10.68 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2