Henry County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,208 89.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 651 4.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 421 2.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 78 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 467 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 25 0.2%

• Under 18 3,722 23.5%
• 18–24 1,186 7.5%
• 25–44 3,692 23.3%
• 45–64 4,342 27.4%
• 65 and over 2,914 18.4%

Median household income

$67,994

90% interval $60,598–$75,390

+$3,513 vs KY · 22nd of 120

Below poverty line

15.1%

90% interval 12.4%–17.8%

−0.3 pp vs KY · 80th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

−0.14 pp vs. state

County GDP

$476.3M

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,456

Establishments

420

• Trade, transportation & utilities 698 22.9%
• Manufacturing 479 15.7%
• Education & health services 319 10.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 235 7.7%
• Public administration 191 6.3%
• Professional & business services 161 5.3%
• Financial activities 135 4.4%
• Construction 101 3.3%
• Other services 94 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 29 1.0%
• Information 4 0.1%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 80.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.3%

+8.0 pp vs KY · 44th of 120

Median gross rent

$895

−$72 vs KY · 26th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,688

Renter-occupied

1,459

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% 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 (Manufacturing, $81,296/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,864/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 6,093 75.5%
• Democratic 1,857 23.0%
• Other / third-party 124 1.5%

• Spanish 472 3.2%
• Korean 49 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 40 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%

Households

6,147

Family households

4,191

68.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,174

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

416

9.9% of families

Veterans

941

7.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,567 29.1%
• Mainline Protestant 1,167 7.4%
• Catholic 175 1.1%

Health insured

94.0%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1.3 pp

56th of 120

With a disability

19.6%

±2.3 pp

75th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

15.5%

±2.2 pp

−12.1 pp vs KY · 74th 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

12th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Bedford, La Grange, New Castle

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

24.72 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2