McLean County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 8,576 94.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 203 2.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 48 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 28 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 237 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 22 0.2%

• Under 18 2,053 22.5%
• 18–24 718 7.9%
• 25–44 2,051 22.5%
• 45–64 2,427 26.6%
• 65 and over 1,865 20.5%

Median household income

$60,175

90% interval $53,850–$66,500

−$4,306 vs KY · 56th of 120

Below poverty line

15.8%

90% interval 12.4%–19.2%

+0.4 pp vs KY · 71st of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+0.19 pp vs. state

County GDP

$345.2M

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,193

Establishments

251

• Trade, transportation & utilities 312 18.2%
• Natural resources & mining 266 15.5%
• Education & health services 141 8.2%
• Manufacturing 130 7.6%
• Public administration 119 6.9%
• Construction 101 5.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 92 5.4%
• Professional & business services 72 4.2%

The sectors listed cover 71.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.8%

+14.5 pp vs KY · 7th of 120

Median gross rent

$641

−$326 vs KY · 105th of 120

Owner-occupied

3,013

Renter-occupied

628

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 42% 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, $71,154/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $14,732/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 6.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 3,578 77.2%
• Democratic 989 21.3%
• Other / third-party 66 1.4%

• Spanish 208 2.4%
• German or other West Germanic 2 0.0%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

3,641

Family households

2,629

72.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

845

32.1% of families

Single-mother families

58

2.2% of families

Veterans

430

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,115 55.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,454 15.9%
• Catholic 317 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 136 1.5%
• Black Protestant 126 1.4%

Health insured

96.1%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

3.9%

±1.1 pp

104th of 120

With a disability

19.7%

±2.5 pp

74th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

16.8%

±3.3 pp

−10.8 pp vs KY · 63rd of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.7%

90% interval 5.9%–7.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

45th 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

Calhoun, Greenville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

28.32 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2