Lawrence County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,538 96.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 59 0.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 214 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 252 1.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 3,763 23.4%
• 18–24 1,091 6.8%
• 25–44 3,672 22.8%
• 45–64 4,272 26.6%
• 65 and over 3,279 20.4%

Median household income

$41,782

90% interval $37,869–$45,695

−$22,699 vs KY · 112th of 120

Below poverty line

23.4%

90% interval 18.9%–27.9%

+8.0 pp vs KY · 23rd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.7%

+2.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$538.7M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,863

Establishments

362

• Education & health services 1,297 34.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 939 25.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 345 9.2%
• Public administration 147 3.9%
• Professional & business services 145 3.9%
• Other services 134 3.6%
• Construction 113 3.0%
• Financial activities 96 2.6%
• Manufacturing 50 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 21 0.6%
• Information 8 0.2%
• Unclassified 2 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 87.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.8%

+9.5 pp vs KY · 28th of 120

Median gross rent

$760

−$207 vs KY · 64th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,934

Renter-occupied

1,408

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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 (Construction, $58,985/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,889/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 5,464 83.1%
• Democratic 1,044 15.9%
• Other / third-party 64 1.0%

• Chinese 214 1.4%
• Spanish 39 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.1%

Households

6,342

Family households

4,176

65.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,258

30.1% of families

Single-mother families

212

5.1% of families

Veterans

612

5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,418 27.1%
• Mainline Protestant 1,111 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 163 1.0%
• Catholic 77 0.5%
• Black Protestant 76 0.5%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.3 pp

80th of 120

With a disability

24.0%

±2.5 pp

38th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

14.6%

±2.6 pp

−13.0 pp vs KY · 91st of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.0%–10.2% · 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

2

16.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2