Carlisle County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 4,285 90.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 153 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 71 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 231 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3 0.1%

• Under 18 1,117 23.5%
• 18–24 365 7.7%
• 25–44 1,041 21.9%
• 45–64 1,281 26.9%
• 65 and over 958 20.1%

Median household income

$61,317

90% interval $54,070–$68,564

−$3,164 vs KY · 50th of 120

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 10.8%–17.0%

−1.5 pp vs KY · 92nd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$264.6M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,707

Establishments

142

• Financial activities 204 19.4%
• Education & health services 197 18.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 105 10.0%
• Natural resources & mining 78 7.4%
• Public administration 56 5.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 47 4.5%

The sectors listed cover 65.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.4%

+12.1 pp vs KY · 12th of 120

Median gross rent

$792

−$175 vs KY · 54th of 120

Owner-occupied

1,499

Renter-occupied

366

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.6× the lowest ($60,799 vs $38,205/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 2,182 83.6%
• Democratic 408 15.6%
• Other / third-party 20 0.8%

• Spanish 78 1.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.3%

Households

1,865

Family households

1,320

70.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

412

31.2% of families

Single-mother families

99

7.5% of families

Veterans

270

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,623 54.4%
• Mainline Protestant 296 6.1%
• Catholic 164 3.4%
• Black Protestant 76 1.6%

Health insured

93.9%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±1.9 pp

51st of 120

With a disability

16.9%

±2.4 pp

96th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

14.9%

±3.1 pp

−12.7 pp vs KY · 86th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.8%

90% interval 6.8%–8.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

1st 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

Bardwell, Clinton, Hickman, Wickliffe

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0