Harrison County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,854 93.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 446 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 334 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 461 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 20 0.1%

• Under 18 4,476 23.4%
• 18–24 1,348 7.0%
• 25–44 4,407 23.0%
• 45–64 5,243 27.4%
• 65 and over 3,666 19.2%

Median household income

$67,409

90% interval $59,816–$75,002

+$2,928 vs KY · 28th of 120

Below poverty line

15.5%

90% interval 12.9%–18.1%

+0.1 pp vs KY · 74th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$710.3M

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,042

Establishments

446

• Education & health services 1,170 22.4%
• Manufacturing 1,162 22.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 907 17.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 465 8.9%
• Professional & business services 232 4.4%
• Public administration 214 4.1%
• Construction 163 3.1%
• Other services 150 2.9%
• Financial activities 92 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 47 0.9%
• Information 27 0.5%
• Unclassified 9 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.4%

+3.1 pp vs KY · 78th of 120

Median gross rent

$765

−$202 vs KY · 63rd of 120

Owner-occupied

5,209

Renter-occupied

2,084

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $89,297/yr) pays 4.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,231/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 6,639 73.6%
• Democratic 2,265 25.1%
• Other / third-party 114 1.3%

• Spanish 218 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 176 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 36 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 23 0.1%

Households

7,293

Family households

5,240

71.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,503

28.7% of families

Single-mother families

367

7.0% of families

Veterans

927

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,607 30.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,418 12.9%
• Catholic 491 2.6%
• Black Protestant 176 0.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 130 0.7%

Health insured

96.8%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

3.2%

±0.8 pp

111th of 120

With a disability

18.6%

±2.3 pp

84th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

22.5%

±3.5 pp

−5.1 pp vs KY · 27th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.6%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

18th 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

Carlisle, Cynthiana, Falmouth, Mount Olivet

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

13.64 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2