Meade County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,533 88.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,280 4.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,002 3.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 194 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 998 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 114 0.4%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%

• Under 18 6,607 21.9%
• 18–24 2,348 7.8%
• 25–44 8,415 27.9%
• 45–64 8,080 26.8%
• 65 and over 4,708 15.6%

Median household income

$76,163

90% interval $68,356–$83,970

+$11,682 vs KY · 12th of 120

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.5%–12.1%

−5.6 pp vs KY · 113th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.34% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,881

Establishments

559

• Manufacturing 912 17.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 814 15.2%
• Construction 779 14.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 523 9.7%
• Education & health services 364 6.8%
• Professional & business services 282 5.2%
• Public administration 273 5.1%
• Financial activities 226 4.2%
• Other services 170 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 95 1.8%
• Information 93 1.7%

The sectors listed cover 84.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.1%

+5.8 pp vs KY · 65th of 120

Median gross rent

$1,026

+$59 vs KY · 12th of 120

Owner-occupied

8,155

Renter-occupied

2,852

• 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 (Manufacturing, $130,472/yr) pays 6.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,154/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 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 10,630 75.3%
• Democratic 3,279 23.2%
• Other / third-party 210 1.5%

• Spanish 429 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 90 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 23 0.1%
• Chinese 19 0.1%
• Tagalog 19 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 7 0.0%

Households

11,007

Family households

7,898

71.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,203

27.9% of families

Single-mother families

774

9.8% of families

Veterans

2,790

12.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,446 31.5%
• Catholic 3,075 10.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,454 4.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 544 1.8%
• Black Protestant 126 0.4%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.2 pp

81st of 120

With a disability

19.6%

±1.8 pp

76th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

20.0%

±2.6 pp

−7.6 pp vs KY · 36th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.5%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

46th 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

Brandenburg, Hardinsburg, Leitchfield

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

21.23 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5