Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,119 91.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 626 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 618 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 318 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 877 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%

• Under 18 6,449 21.1%
• 18–24 2,249 7.4%
• 25–44 7,436 24.3%
• 45–64 8,287 27.1%
• 65 and over 6,170 20.2%

Median household income

$53,408

90% interval $48,854–$57,962

−$11,073 vs KY · 80th of 120

Below poverty line

19.1%

90% interval 15.5%–22.7%

+3.7 pp vs KY · 41st of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.5%

+1.12 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.52% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,157

Establishments

744

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,578 20.1%
• Education & health services 1,345 17.1%
• Manufacturing 912 11.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 793 10.1%
• Public administration 735 9.4%
• Professional & business services 508 6.5%
• Construction 428 5.5%
• Other services 216 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 192 2.4%
• Financial activities 173 2.2%
• Unclassified 20 0.3%
• Information 18 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 88.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.8%

+10.5 pp vs KY · 24th of 120

Median gross rent

$718

−$249 vs KY · 83rd of 120

Owner-occupied

9,552

Renter-occupied

2,571

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% 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, $94,376/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,987/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 10,491 76.6%
• Democratic 3,048 22.3%
• Other / third-party 152 1.1%

• Spanish 377 1.3%
• Arabic 55 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 33 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 30 0.1%
• Vietnamese 23 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.0%
• Tagalog 4 0.0%

Households

12,123

Family households

8,039

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,910

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

639

7.9% of families

Veterans

1,758

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 19,786 64.0%
• Mainline Protestant 1,613 5.2%
• Black Protestant 642 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 509 1.6%
• Catholic 363 1.2%

Health insured

95.2%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1.8 pp

89th of 120

With a disability

22.3%

±1.9 pp

47th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

14.7%

±2 pp

−12.9 pp vs KY · 90th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.7%–8.5% · 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

5

20.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5