Calloway County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,204 86.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,406 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,518 4.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 705 1.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,052 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 93 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 212 0.6%

• Under 18 6,972 18.2%
• 18–24 7,615 19.9%
• 25–44 8,733 22.8%
• 45–64 8,427 22.0%
• 65 and over 6,477 16.9%

Median household income

$56,410

90% interval $50,893–$61,927

−$8,071 vs KY · 71st of 120

Below poverty line

15.9%

90% interval 12.5%–19.3%

+0.5 pp vs KY · 70th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,850

Establishments

1,354

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,132 26.5%
• Education & health services 2,897 18.6%
• Manufacturing 2,130 13.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,999 12.8%
• Professional & business services 932 6.0%
• Construction 721 4.6%
• Financial activities 610 3.9%
• Public administration 443 2.8%
• Other services 208 1.3%
• Information 126 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 62 0.4%
• Unclassified 14 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

63.9%

−4.4 pp vs KY · 110th of 120

Median gross rent

$870

−$97 vs KY · 28th of 120

Owner-occupied

9,738

Renter-occupied

5,501

• 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, $63,716/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,618/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 11,539 68.1%
• Democratic 5,111 30.2%
• Other / third-party 286 1.7%

• Spanish 828 2.3%
• German or other West Germanic 88 0.2%
• Korean 79 0.2%
• Chinese 32 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 18 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16 0.0%

Households

15,239

Family households

8,975

58.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,408

26.8% of families

Single-mother families

702

7.8% of families

Veterans

1,578

5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 16,553 44.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,428 9.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,231 3.3%
• Catholic 1,078 2.9%
• Black Protestant 470 1.3%

Health insured

92.5%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±1.4 pp

32nd of 120

With a disability

16.7%

±1.8 pp

100th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

31.2%

±2.7 pp

+3.6 pp vs KY · 14th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.0%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

42nd 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

Benton, Murray

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

12.8 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4