McCreary County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,975 88.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 375 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,027 6.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 440 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%

• Under 18 3,672 21.8%
• 18–24 1,285 7.6%
• 25–44 4,744 28.1%
• 45–64 4,429 26.3%
• 65 and over 2,737 16.2%

Median household income

$40,509

90% interval $35,647–$45,371

−$23,972 vs KY · 114th of 120

Below poverty line

36.4%

90% interval 30.3%–42.5%

+21.0 pp vs KY · 1st of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+1.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$348.9M

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,570

Establishments

299

• Public administration 481 17.0%
• Education & health services 441 15.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 413 14.6%
• Manufacturing 332 11.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 230 8.1%
• Financial activities 85 3.0%
• Professional & business services 72 2.5%

The sectors listed cover 72.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+5.9 pp vs KY · 63rd of 120

Median gross rent

$577

−$390 vs KY · 112th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,351

Renter-occupied

1,510

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 47% 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 (Public administration, $86,477/yr) pays 5.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,898/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.4 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,531 89.1%
• Democratic 641 10.3%
• Other / third-party 39 0.6%

• Spanish 227 1.4%
• Arabic 17 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.1%

Households

5,861

Family households

3,532

60.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,134

32.1% of families

Single-mother families

198

5.6% of families

Veterans

785

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,505 20.8%
• Black Protestant 526 3.1%
• Mainline Protestant 247 1.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 226 1.3%
• Catholic 97 0.6%

Health insured

91.9%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±2.2 pp

19th of 120

With a disability

25.4%

±2.8 pp

25th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

8.5%

±2.2 pp

−19.1 pp vs KY · 119th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 8.3%–10.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

34th 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

Whitley City, Williamsburg

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

15.16 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2