Lewis County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,559 96.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15 0.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 70 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 243 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 33 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 23 0.2%

• Under 18 2,942 22.7%
• 18–24 893 6.9%
• 25–44 2,987 23.0%
• 45–64 3,616 27.9%
• 65 and over 2,527 19.5%

Median household income

$47,414

90% interval $41,977–$52,851

−$17,067 vs KY · 96th of 120

Below poverty line

22.2%

90% interval 17.4%–27.0%

+6.8 pp vs KY · 27th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.1%

+3.68 pp vs. state

County GDP

$251.8M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,637

Establishments

276

• Education & health services 447 23.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 299 15.6%
• Manufacturing 234 12.2%
• Construction 162 8.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 83 4.3%
• Public administration 78 4.1%
• Financial activities 64 3.3%
• Professional & business services 50 2.6%
• Other services 15 0.8%
• Information 9 0.5%
• Unclassified 1 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 75.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.2%

+10.9 pp vs KY · 22nd of 120

Median gross rent

$751

−$216 vs KY · 67th of 120

Owner-occupied

3,974

Renter-occupied

1,045

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 51% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $90,999/yr) pays 5.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,376/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 6.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,997 87.3%
• Democratic 666 11.6%
• Other / third-party 58 1.0%

• German or other West Germanic 42 0.3%
• Spanish 5 0.0%

Households

5,019

Family households

3,512

70.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

902

25.7% of families

Single-mother families

294

8.4% of families

Veterans

589

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,383 18.2%
• Mainline Protestant 662 5.1%
• Catholic 53 0.4%

Health insured

94.4%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±1.9 pp

64th of 120

With a disability

19.9%

±2.7 pp

71st of 120

Bachelor's or higher

15.3%

±2.9 pp

−12.3 pp vs KY · 82nd of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.2%

90% interval 8.9%–11.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

20th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Greenup, Vanceburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

59.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4