Barren County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 39,283 87.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,991 4.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,697 3.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 416 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,292 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 241 0.5%

• Under 18 10,730 23.9%
• 18–24 3,138 7.0%
• 25–44 11,364 25.3%
• 45–64 11,554 25.7%
• 65 and over 8,152 18.1%

Median household income

$58,256

90% interval $52,749–$63,763

−$6,225 vs KY · 62nd of 120

Below poverty line

15.7%

90% interval 12.5%–18.9%

+0.3 pp vs KY · 72nd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.63% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,093

Establishments

1,339

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,007 25.6%
• Education & health services 2,977 19.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,150 13.7%
• Manufacturing 1,915 12.2%
• Construction 765 4.9%
• Professional & business services 653 4.2%
• Financial activities 649 4.1%
• Public administration 602 3.8%
• Other services 289 1.8%
• Information 226 1.4%
• Natural resources & mining 91 0.6%
• Unclassified 7 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 91.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

65.2%

−3.1 pp vs KY · 107th of 120

Median gross rent

$796

−$171 vs KY · 51st of 120

Owner-occupied

11,743

Renter-occupied

6,274

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Professional & business services, $68,718/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,633/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 15,019 75.9%
• Democratic 4,565 23.1%
• Other / third-party 215 1.1%

• Spanish 1,260 3.0%
• German or other West Germanic 812 1.9%
• Tagalog 78 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 60 0.1%
• Arabic 16 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.0%

Households

18,017

Family households

12,449

69.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,917

23.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,467

11.8% of families

Veterans

2,044

6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,135 31.8%
• Mainline Protestant 2,226 5.0%
• Catholic 1,404 3.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 857 1.9%
• Black Protestant 500 1.1%

Health insured

91.5%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

8.5%

±1.8 pp

14th of 120

With a disability

21.6%

±1.7 pp

58th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

18.3%

±1.8 pp

−9.3 pp vs KY · 50th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 8.4%–10.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

43rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Edmonton, Glasgow

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

20.46 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7