Knott County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 13,376 96.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 80 0.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 157 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 25 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 174 1.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%

• Under 18 2,741 19.8%
• 18–24 1,406 10.2%
• 25–44 2,890 20.9%
• 45–64 3,931 28.4%
• 65 and over 2,862 20.7%

Median household income

$44,407

90% interval $39,333–$49,481

−$20,074 vs KY · 105th of 120

Below poverty line

25.9%

90% interval 19.5%–32.3%

+10.5 pp vs KY · 16th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.0%

+1.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$273.8M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,180

Establishments

305

• Education & health services 652 29.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 303 13.7%
• Information 134 6.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 105 4.8%
• Professional & business services 98 4.4%
• Other services 66 3.0%
• Construction 61 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 64.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.7%

+4.4 pp vs KY · 70th of 120

Median gross rent

$756

−$211 vs KY · 66th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,016

Renter-occupied

1,505

• 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 (Professional & business services, $60,477/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,952/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 4,732 78.8%
• Democratic 1,181 19.7%
• Other / third-party 90 1.5%

• Spanish 92 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.1%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

5,521

Family households

3,854

69.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,011

26.2% of families

Single-mother families

382

9.9% of families

Veterans

469

4.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,635 25.5%
• Mainline Protestant 131 0.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

Health insured

97.6%

±1.3 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

26.4%

±2.6 pp

18th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

19.5%

±4 pp

−8.1 pp vs KY · 40th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.9%

90% interval 8.7%–11.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

36th 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

Hindman, Salyersville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

36.07 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4