Madison County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 83,926 87.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,388 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,773 3.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 903 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,436 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 51 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 15 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 277 0.3%

• Under 18 20,145 21.0%
• 18–24 15,506 16.2%
• 25–44 23,955 25.0%
• 45–64 21,973 22.9%
• 65 and over 14,190 14.8%

Median household income

$64,536

90% interval $59,807–$69,265

+$55 vs KY · 38th of 120

Below poverty line

16.4%

90% interval 14.2%–18.6%

+1.0 pp vs KY · 63rd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.4B

1.5% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,332

Establishments

3,209

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,373 17.3%
• Education & health services 5,768 15.7%
• Manufacturing 4,817 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,324 11.7%
• Professional & business services 4,091 11.1%
• Public administration 1,946 5.3%
• Other services 1,286 3.5%
• Financial activities 1,008 2.7%

The sectors listed cover 80.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

62.0%

−6.3 pp vs KY · 114th of 120

Median gross rent

$889

−$78 vs KY · 27th of 120

Owner-occupied

22,965

Renter-occupied

14,086

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 46% 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 (Manufacturing, $75,381/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,374/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.

• Republican 29,130 64.5%
• Democratic 15,180 33.6%
• Other / third-party 854 1.9%

• Spanish 1,929 2.1%
• German or other West Germanic 227 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 192 0.2%
• Tagalog 171 0.2%
• Chinese 111 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 89 0.1%
• Arabic 57 0.1%

Households

37,051

Family households

23,014

62.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,132

26.6% of families

Single-mother families

2,396

10.4% of families

Veterans

5,522

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 26,691 28.8%
• Mainline Protestant 3,166 3.4%
• Catholic 2,415 2.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,857 2.0%
• Black Protestant 454 0.5%

Health insured

94.4%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±0.6 pp

65th of 120

With a disability

15.6%

±0.9 pp

103rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

34.4%

±1.7 pp

+6.8 pp vs KY · 9th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.6%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Richmond, Winchester

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

11.9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9