Hart County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,690 90.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 412 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 577 2.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 105 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 659 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 114 0.6%

• Under 18 4,782 24.4%
• 18–24 1,494 7.6%
• 25–44 4,546 23.2%
• 45–64 5,332 27.2%
• 65 and over 3,449 17.6%

Median household income

$55,611

90% interval $49,280–$61,942

−$8,870 vs KY · 74th of 120

Below poverty line

18.0%

90% interval 14.4%–21.6%

+2.6 pp vs KY · 49th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$843.3M

0.29% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,060

Establishments

417

• Manufacturing 2,720 49.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 605 11.1%
• Education & health services 399 7.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 370 6.8%
• Public administration 166 3.0%
• Financial activities 106 1.9%
• Professional & business services 74 1.4%
• Other services 73 1.3%

The sectors listed cover 82.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.4%

+4.1 pp vs KY · 72nd of 120

Median gross rent

$693

−$274 vs KY · 90th of 120

Owner-occupied

5,343

Renter-occupied

2,033

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $63,528/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,167/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 6,691 79.6%
• Democratic 1,642 19.5%
• Other / third-party 76 0.9%

• German or other West Germanic 1,323 7.2%
• Spanish 101 0.5%
• Tagalog 26 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 19 0.1%
• Chinese 8 0.0%

Households

7,376

Family households

5,051

68.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,314

26.0% of families

Single-mother families

354

7.0% of families

Veterans

1,002

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,985 41.4%
• Mainline Protestant 779 4.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 172 0.9%
• Catholic 150 0.8%

Health insured

88.3%

±2.7 pp

Uninsured

11.7%

±2.7 pp

6th of 120

With a disability

21.9%

±2.1 pp

53rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

12.2%

±2.3 pp

−15.4 pp vs KY · 108th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.4%

90% interval 9.1%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

10th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Bardstown, Hodgenville, Munfordville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

13.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2