Bourbon County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,877 83.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,569 7.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,001 4.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 686 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 81 0.4%

• Under 18 4,622 22.8%
• 18–24 1,774 8.8%
• 25–44 4,471 22.1%
• 45–64 5,422 26.8%
• 65 and over 3,951 19.5%

Median household income

$66,264

90% interval $59,374–$73,154

+$1,783 vs KY · 32nd of 120

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 10.7%–17.1%

−1.5 pp vs KY · 91st of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,105

Establishments

641

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,804 25.5%
• Manufacturing 1,187 16.8%
• Natural resources & mining 686 9.7%
• Education & health services 675 9.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 675 9.6%
• Professional & business services 360 5.1%
• Construction 328 4.6%
• Public administration 311 4.4%
• Financial activities 187 2.6%
• Other services 163 2.3%
• Unclassified 37 0.5%
• Information 22 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 91.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.7%

−4.6 pp vs KY · 111th of 120

Median gross rent

$822

−$145 vs KY · 43rd of 120

Owner-occupied

5,181

Renter-occupied

2,953

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $77,893/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,548/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 6,284 65.9%
• Democratic 3,088 32.4%
• Other / third-party 163 1.7%

• Spanish 936 4.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 124 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 85 0.4%
• Chinese 20 0.1%
• Tagalog 7 0.0%

Households

8,134

Family households

5,227

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,235

23.6% of families

Single-mother families

537

10.3% of families

Veterans

809

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,189 25.6%
• Mainline Protestant 2,173 10.7%
• Catholic 730 3.6%
• Black Protestant 544 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 451 2.2%

Health insured

96.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

3.5%

±0.9 pp

107th of 120

With a disability

17.6%

±1.8 pp

89th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

26.3%

±2.8 pp

−1.3 pp vs KY · 16th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.5%

90% interval 8.4%–10.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

14th 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

Georgetown, Paris, Versailles

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

25.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4