Carter County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 25,069 95.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 227 0.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 74 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 70 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 871 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 24 0.1%

• Under 18 5,941 22.6%
• 18–24 2,200 8.4%
• 25–44 5,980 22.7%
• 45–64 6,970 26.5%
• 65 and over 5,250 19.9%

Median household income

$53,796

90% interval $47,929–$59,663

−$10,685 vs KY · 79th of 120

Below poverty line

18.9%

90% interval 14.9%–22.9%

+3.5 pp vs KY · 42nd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.9%

+2.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$670.6M

0.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,755

Establishments

666

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,040 18.7%
• Education & health services 627 11.3%
• Manufacturing 611 11.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 598 10.7%
• Professional & business services 578 10.4%
• Construction 305 5.5%
• Other services 291 5.2%
• Public administration 250 4.5%
• Financial activities 212 3.8%
• Natural resources & mining 85 1.5%
• Information 33 0.6%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 83.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.0%

+11.7 pp vs KY · 16th of 120

Median gross rent

$740

−$227 vs KY · 72nd of 120

Owner-occupied

8,639

Renter-occupied

2,155

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 41% 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 (Construction, $57,724/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,606/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 8,981 78.6%
• Democratic 2,305 20.2%
• Other / third-party 134 1.2%

• German or other West Germanic 165 0.7%
• Spanish 48 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 15 0.1%
• Korean 8 0.0%

Households

10,794

Family households

7,364

68.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,283

31.0% of families

Single-mother families

386

5.2% of families

Veterans

1,500

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,585 24.7%
• Mainline Protestant 741 2.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 542 2.0%
• Black Protestant 252 0.9%
• Catholic 94 0.4%

Health insured

92.9%

±3.2 pp

Uninsured

7.1%

±3.2 pp

38th of 120

With a disability

20.9%

±2.2 pp

63rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

15.9%

±2.7 pp

−11.7 pp vs KY · 70th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.6%

90% interval 7.6%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

37th 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

Grayson, Sandy Hook, West Liberty

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

29.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5