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Logan County, Kentucky

Republican +55.0 (2024)
County seat
Russellville
Judicial district
7th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
28,669
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 27,986.

At a glance

Logan County is a 28,669-person venue. The county population is 89% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $60,406, $4,075 below the KY state median of $64,481; 16.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 34.2% of covered employment, average pay $88,196/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.75%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 71% to 77% of the vote across the three.

Population
27,986
Median household income
$60,382
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 89% / 4%.

Logan County has a population of 27,986, with a median age of 40.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 89.0%; Black residents 4.5%. Independently, 3.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $60,406; 16.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 24,476 87.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 996 3.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,253 4.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 92 0.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,036 3.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 57 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 76 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

  • Under 18 6,789 24.3%
  • 18–24 1,915 6.8%
  • 25–44 6,867 24.5%
  • 45–64 7,076 25.3%
  • 65 and over 5,339 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$60,406
90% interval $53,899–$66,913
−$4,075 vs KY · 55th of 120
Below poverty line
17.7%
90% interval 14.8%–20.6%
+2.3 pp vs KY · 52nd of 120

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 34% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 34.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.75%, above the Kentucky state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.3B
0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,373
Establishments
809

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 2,996 34.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,592 18.2%
  • Education & health services 749 8.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 600 6.8%
  • Construction 423 4.8%
  • Public administration 418 4.8%
  • Professional & business services 403 4.6%
  • Other services 339 3.9%
  • Financial activities 263 3.0%
  • Natural resources & mining 140 1.6%
  • Information 52 0.6%
  • Unclassified 2 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 91.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.3%
+6.0 pp vs KY · 61st of 120
Median gross rent
$751
−$216 vs KY · 68th of 120
Owner-occupied
8,175
Renter-occupied
2,830

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Manufacturing, $88,196/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,146/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Logan County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 76.9% in 2024, 73.4% in 2020, 71.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,506 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201671.4%25.3%
202073.4%25.1%
202476.9%21.9%
  • Republican 9,620 76.9%
  • Democratic 2,734 21.9%
  • Other / third-party 152 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.9% of the adult civilian population (1,459 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 421 1.6%
  • German or other West Germanic 319 1.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 38 0.1%
  • Chinese 23 0.1%
  • Arabic 21 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
11,005
Family households
7,335
66.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,049
27.9% of families
Single-mother families
470
6.4% of families
Veterans
1,459
6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

70.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 15,432 56.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,739 6.3%
  • Black Protestant 974 3.6%
  • Catholic 665 2.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 390 1.4%
  • Orthodox 52 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.8%
±2.4 pp
Uninsured
8.2%
±2.4 pp
18th of 120
With a disability
19.8%
±2.2 pp
73rd of 120
Bachelor's or higher
16.1%
±2.4 pp
−11.5 pp vs KY · 68th of 120
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.7%
90% interval 7.6%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
7th 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
Elkton, Russellville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Logan totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
18.87 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Logan County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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