Marshall County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 30,284 95.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 622 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 187 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 128 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 465 1.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 53 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 6,388 20.1%
• 18–24 2,239 7.1%
• 25–44 7,205 22.7%
• 45–64 8,746 27.6%
• 65 and over 7,165 22.6%

Median household income

$70,547

90% interval $63,136–$77,958

+$6,066 vs KY · 18th of 120

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.3%–13.1%

−4.7 pp vs KY · 110th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.6% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,320

Establishments

1,067

• Manufacturing 2,349 20.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,327 20.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,289 11.2%
• Education & health services 923 8.0%
• Professional & business services 870 7.6%
• Financial activities 480 4.2%
• Public administration 412 3.6%
• Other services 338 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 7 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 78.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.6%

+13.3 pp vs KY · 9th of 120

Median gross rent

$798

−$169 vs KY · 48th of 120

Owner-occupied

10,775

Renter-occupied

2,434

• 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $107,637/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,671/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 13,677 77.7%
• Democratic 3,700 21.0%
• Other / third-party 222 1.3%

• Spanish 295 1.0%
• Tagalog 39 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 20 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.0%
• Korean 8 0.0%

Households

13,209

Family households

9,004

68.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,243

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

774

8.6% of families

Veterans

1,879

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 17,066 53.9%
• Mainline Protestant 2,588 8.2%
• Black Protestant 1,002 3.2%
• Catholic 534 1.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 415 1.3%

Health insured

91.9%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±2.6 pp

20th of 120

With a disability

20.4%

±2.1 pp

67th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±2.4 pp

−6.4 pp vs KY · 30th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.6%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

42nd 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

Benton, Murray

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

31.55 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8