Johnson County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,981 93.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 110 0.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 123 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 312 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 775 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 30 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,966 22.2%
• 18–24 1,632 7.3%
• 25–44 5,304 23.7%
• 45–64 6,154 27.6%
• 65 and over 4,278 19.2%

Median household income

$49,122

90% interval $43,513–$54,731

−$15,359 vs KY · 89th of 120

Below poverty line

20.9%

90% interval 16.3%–25.5%

+5.5 pp vs KY · 33rd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.2%

+1.75 pp vs. state

County GDP

$619.4M

0.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,814

Establishments

631

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,564 29.4%
• Education & health services 945 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 538 10.1%
• Professional & business services 247 4.6%
• Public administration 245 4.6%
• Financial activities 207 3.9%
• Construction 148 2.8%
• Other services 140 2.6%
• Information 108 2.0%
• Natural resources & mining 36 0.7%
• Manufacturing 30 0.6%
• Unclassified 3 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 79.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.3%

+0.0 pp vs KY · 96th of 120

Median gross rent

$708

−$259 vs KY · 88th of 120

Owner-occupied

6,173

Renter-occupied

2,867

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $79,774/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,058/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 8,150 84.7%
• Democratic 1,350 14.0%
• Other / third-party 122 1.3%

• Chinese 132 0.6%
• Spanish 64 0.3%

Households

9,040

Family households

6,433

71.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,788

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

495

7.7% of families

Veterans

851

4.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,086 22.4%
• Mainline Protestant 1,008 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 409 1.8%
• Catholic 265 1.2%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.8 pp

44th of 120

With a disability

26.1%

±2.7 pp

20th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

16.8%

±2.9 pp

−10.8 pp vs KY · 62nd of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.2%–10.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

24th 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

Inez, Louisa, Paintsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

5.76 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1