Mason County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,739 86.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 402 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 997 5.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 158 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 629 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 19 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%

• Under 18 3,790 22.4%
• 18–24 1,203 7.1%
• 25–44 4,014 23.7%
• 45–64 4,603 27.1%
• 65 and over 3,346 19.7%

Median household income

$59,252

90% interval $52,610–$65,894

−$5,229 vs KY · 57th of 120

Below poverty line

15.2%

90% interval 11.7%–18.7%

−0.2 pp vs KY · 79th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.6%

+1.2 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,901

Establishments

728

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,030 25.8%
• Education & health services 1,277 16.2%
• Manufacturing 1,045 13.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 984 12.5%
• Construction 439 5.6%
• Professional & business services 397 5.0%
• Public administration 357 4.5%
• Financial activities 220 2.8%
• Other services 185 2.4%
• Information 123 1.6%
• Natural resources & mining 8 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 89.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.1%

−2.2 pp vs KY · 104th of 120

Median gross rent

$727

−$240 vs KY · 78th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,711

Renter-occupied

2,420

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $87,181/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,190/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 5,621 71.2%
• Democratic 2,170 27.5%
• Other / third-party 107 1.4%

• Spanish 145 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 58 0.4%
• Chinese 14 0.1%

Households

7,131

Family households

4,377

61.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

979

22.4% of families

Single-mother families

586

13.4% of families

Veterans

908

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,507 32.2%
• Mainline Protestant 3,096 18.1%
• Catholic 798 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 574 3.4%
• Black Protestant 88 0.5%

Health insured

95.6%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±1.2 pp

98th of 120

With a disability

22.1%

±2.2 pp

50th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

20.0%

±2.9 pp

−7.6 pp vs KY · 35th 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.

Trial court

19th 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

Brooksville, Flemingsburg, Maysville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

53.17 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5