Morgan County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,532 89.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 506 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 698 5.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 73 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 244 1.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 2,824 20.1%
• 18–24 908 6.5%
• 25–44 4,020 28.6%
• 45–64 3,817 27.2%
• 65 and over 2,484 17.7%

Median household income

$46,382

90% interval $41,859–$50,905

−$18,099 vs KY · 100th of 120

Below poverty line

25.3%

90% interval 19.5%–31.1%

+9.9 pp vs KY · 19th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.23 pp vs. state

County GDP

$377.7M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,432

Establishments

298

• Trade, transportation & utilities 572 18.0%
• Public administration 541 17.0%
• Education & health services 399 12.5%
• Construction 375 11.8%
• Professional & business services 166 5.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 163 5.1%
• Financial activities 108 3.4%
• Other services 88 2.8%

The sectors listed cover 75.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.9%

+10.6 pp vs KY · 23rd of 120

Median gross rent

$663

−$304 vs KY · 101st of 120

Owner-occupied

3,853

Renter-occupied

1,029

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 48% 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, $56,528/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,740/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 4,353 81.0%
• Democratic 939 17.5%
• Other / third-party 81 1.5%

• Spanish 87 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 21 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 9 0.1%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

4,882

Family households

3,426

70.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,103

32.2% of families

Single-mother families

267

7.8% of families

Veterans

620

5.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,856 20.8%
• Mainline Protestant 334 2.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 89 0.6%
• Catholic 47 0.3%

Health insured

92.0%

±3.8 pp

Uninsured

8.0%

±3.8 pp

23rd of 120

With a disability

24.8%

±2.1 pp

29th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

18.7%

±2.6 pp

−8.9 pp vs KY · 46th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.6%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

37th 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

Grayson, Sandy Hook, West Liberty

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

17.81 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2