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Casey County, Kentucky

Republican +76.4 (2024)
County seat
Liberty
Judicial district
29th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
16,205
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 15,914.

At a glance

Casey County is a 16,205-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $48,938, $15,543 below the KY state median of $64,481; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 27.4% of covered employment, average pay $49,168/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.73%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 85% to 88% of the vote across the three.

Population
15,914
Median household income
$45,510
Unemployment
4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 0%.

Casey County has a population of 15,914, with a median age of 42.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.5%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 3.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $48,938; 12.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 14,838 93.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 546 3.4%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 60 0.4%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 423 2.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 31 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42

  • Under 18 3,665 23.0%
  • 18–24 1,110 7.0%
  • 25–44 3,742 23.5%
  • 45–64 4,083 25.7%
  • 65 and over 3,314 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$48,938
90% interval $44,081–$53,795
−$15,543 vs KY · 92nd of 120
Below poverty line
18.8%
90% interval 14.4%–23.2%
+3.4 pp vs KY · 44th of 120

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by manufacturing and healthcare & education

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Manufacturing about 1,080, Education & health services about 1,060.

Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 27.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.73%, above the Kentucky state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.7%
+0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP
$480.0M
0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,701
Establishments
380

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 1,082 27.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 724 18.3%
  • Education & health services 625 15.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 363 9.2%
  • Public administration 138 3.5%
  • Financial activities 112 2.8%
  • Professional & business services 70 1.8%

The sectors listed cover 78.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
79.7%
+11.4 pp vs KY · 18th of 120
Median gross rent
$670
−$297 vs KY · 98th of 120
Owner-occupied
5,167
Renter-occupied
1,315

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Education & health services, $57,670/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,567/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 86%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Casey County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 87.8% in 2024, 86.2% in 2020, 85.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,080 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201685.2%11.9%
202086.2%12.8%
202487.8%11.4%
  • Republican 6,216 87.8%
  • Democratic 804 11.4%
  • Other / third-party 60 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

6.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Tagalog. Veterans account for 5.9% of the adult civilian population (728 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

93.7% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 589 4.0%
  • Spanish 240 1.6%
  • Tagalog 83 0.6%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
6,482
Family households
4,306
66.4% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,274
29.6% of families
Single-mother families
306
7.1% of families
Veterans
728
5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 6,446 40.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,178 7.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 397 2.5%
  • Catholic 140 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.0%
±2.3 pp
Uninsured
13.0%
±2.3 pp
2nd of 120
With a disability
18.1%
±2.1 pp
86th of 120
Bachelor's or higher
12.9%
±2 pp
−14.7 pp vs KY · 102nd of 120
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
13.3%
90% interval 11.7%–14.9% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
29th 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
Columbia, Liberty

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Casey totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
24.49 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Casey County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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