Monroe County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,286 91.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 522 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 204 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 249 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,753 24.4%
• 18–24 801 7.1%
• 25–44 2,623 23.3%
• 45–64 2,988 26.5%
• 65 and over 2,104 18.7%

Median household income

$48,686

90% interval $43,792–$53,580

−$15,795 vs KY · 94th of 120

Below poverty line

20.0%

90% interval 15.4%–24.6%

+4.6 pp vs KY · 38th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$454.6M

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,779

Establishments

312

• Trade, transportation & utilities 637 19.6%
• Manufacturing 568 17.5%
• Education & health services 475 14.6%
• Construction 331 10.2%
• Professional & business services 210 6.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 166 5.1%
• Public administration 108 3.3%
• Financial activities 94 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 60 1.8%
• Other services 50 1.5%
• Information 6 0.2%
• Unclassified 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 83.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.9%

+2.6 pp vs KY · 81st of 120

Median gross rent

$657

−$310 vs KY · 104th of 120

Owner-occupied

3,293

Renter-occupied

1,352

• 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 (Construction, $94,871/yr) pays 5.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,116/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 4,679 88.1%
• Democratic 576 10.9%
• Other / third-party 53 1.0%

• Spanish 280 2.6%
• German or other West Germanic 44 0.4%

Households

4,645

Family households

3,134

67.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

759

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

452

14.4% of families

Veterans

391

4.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,520 48.7%
• Mainline Protestant 531 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 437 3.9%
• Catholic 75 0.7%

Health insured

94.0%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1.7 pp

57th of 120

With a disability

22.5%

±2.6 pp

45th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

16.0%

±2.7 pp

−11.6 pp vs KY · 69th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.4%–12.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

40th 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

Albany, Burkesville, Tompkinsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

11.74 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1