Jackson County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,587 96.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 142 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 21 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 311 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,111 23.8%
• 18–24 901 6.9%
• 25–44 3,127 23.9%
• 45–64 3,569 27.3%
• 65 and over 2,378 18.2%

Median household income

$49,388

90% interval $44,278–$54,498

−$15,093 vs KY · 88th of 120

Below poverty line

22.0%

90% interval 16.8%–27.2%

+6.6 pp vs KY · 28th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.0%

+2.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$206.9M

0.07% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,498

Establishments

214

• Education & health services 354 20.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 312 17.6%
• Manufacturing 85 4.8%
• Financial activities 65 3.7%
• Information 63 3.6%
• Natural resources & mining 59 3.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 49 2.8%
• Professional & business services 41 2.3%
• Construction 40 2.3%
• Other services 30 1.7%

The sectors listed cover 62.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.4%

+9.1 pp vs KY · 35th of 120

Median gross rent

$665

−$302 vs KY · 100th of 120

Owner-occupied

3,964

Renter-occupied

1,158

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 42% 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 1.6× the lowest ($62,371 vs $37,962/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,358 90.3%
• Democratic 506 8.5%
• Other / third-party 70 1.2%

• Spanish 36 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 14 0.1%

Households

5,122

Family households

3,470

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,124

32.4% of families

Single-mother families

155

4.5% of families

Veterans

583

5.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,627 28.0%
• Mainline Protestant 337 2.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 225 1.7%
• Black Protestant 206 1.6%
• Catholic 41 0.3%

Health insured

94.7%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±1.7 pp

73rd of 120

With a disability

24.2%

±3.3 pp

35th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

8.8%

±2.2 pp

−18.8 pp vs KY · 116th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.3%

90% interval 9.0%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

41st 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

Hyden, Manchester, McKee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

10.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1