Livingston County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,382 94.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 226 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 272 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,963 22.0%
• 18–24 573 6.4%
• 25–44 1,804 20.3%
• 45–64 2,568 28.8%
• 65 and over 1,995 22.4%

Median household income

$61,242

90% interval $54,411–$68,073

−$3,239 vs KY · 51st of 120

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 10.0%–16.0%

−2.4 pp vs KY · 99th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

+0.68 pp vs. state

County GDP

$519.3M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$65,173

Establishments

264

• Construction 787 22.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 527 15.1%
• Natural resources & mining 491 14.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 394 11.3%
• Education & health services 317 9.1%
• Professional & business services 315 9.0%
• Public administration 154 4.4%
• Manufacturing 101 2.9%
• Financial activities 54 1.5%
• Other services 46 1.3%
• Unclassified 17 0.5%
• Information 7 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.2%

+12.9 pp vs KY · 11th of 120

Median gross rent

$926

−$41 vs KY · 22nd of 120

Owner-occupied

2,925

Renter-occupied

678

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $94,944/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $26,444/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 4,021 80.9%
• Democratic 886 17.8%
• Other / third-party 65 1.3%

• Spanish 90 1.1%

Households

3,603

Family households

2,592

71.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

495

19.1% of families

Single-mother families

248

9.6% of families

Veterans

442

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,186 58.3%
• Mainline Protestant 649 7.3%
• Black Protestant 348 3.9%
• Catholic 84 0.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

95.5%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±1.9 pp

96th of 120

With a disability

26.2%

±3.7 pp

19th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

14.7%

±3.1 pp

−12.9 pp vs KY · 89th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.5%

90% interval 5.7%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

56th 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

Cadiz, Eddyville, Princeton, Smithland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

57.64 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2