Edmonson County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 11,318 91.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 211 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 82 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 77 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 548 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 109 0.9%

• Under 18 2,225 18.0%
• 18–24 826 6.7%
• 25–44 2,954 23.9%
• 45–64 3,660 29.6%
• 65 and over 2,690 21.8%

Median household income

$57,647

90% interval $52,191–$63,103

−$6,834 vs KY · 64th of 120

Below poverty line

14.9%

90% interval 11.6%–18.2%

−0.5 pp vs KY · 81st of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+1.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$250.3M

0.08% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,612

Establishments

192

• Trade, transportation & utilities 315 18.6%
• Education & health services 254 15.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 181 10.7%
• Public administration 141 8.3%
• Construction 120 7.1%
• Manufacturing 107 6.3%
• Professional & business services 66 3.9%
• Financial activities 61 3.6%

The sectors listed cover 73.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+11.8 pp vs KY · 15th of 120

Median gross rent

$778

−$189 vs KY · 58th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,086

Renter-occupied

1,013

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 44% 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 1.8× the lowest ($60,715 vs $32,852/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,048 80.8%
• Democratic 1,118 17.9%
• Other / third-party 81 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 159 1.3%
• Spanish 127 1.1%
• Tagalog 23 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.1%

Households

5,099

Family households

3,676

72.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

885

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

152

4.1% of families

Veterans

743

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,609 128.7%
• Catholic 156 1.3%
• Mainline Protestant 24 0.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

92.5%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

7.5%

±2.7 pp

33rd of 120

With a disability

24.4%

±3.2 pp

33rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

10.7%

±2.3 pp

−16.9 pp vs KY · 111th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

8th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Bowling Green, Brownsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

29.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3