Owsley County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 3,791 95.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3 0.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 170 4.3%
• 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 18 766 19.3%
• 18–24 242 6.1%
• 25–44 814 20.5%
• 45–64 1,333 33.6%
• 65 and over 816 20.5%

Median household income

$34,802

90% interval $30,431–$39,173

−$29,679 vs KY · 120th of 120

Below poverty line

34.6%

90% interval 27.6%–41.6%

+19.2 pp vs KY · 3rd of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

+0.67 pp vs. state

County GDP

$68.9M

0.02% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,815

Establishments

92

• Education & health services 248 35.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 89 12.6%
• Public administration 46 6.5%
• Financial activities 34 4.8%
• Professional & business services 34 4.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 21 3.0%
• Other services 10 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 68.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.1%

+1.8 pp vs KY · 92nd of 120

Median gross rent

$448

Owner-occupied

1,099

Renter-occupied

468

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 54% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 1.3× the lowest ($48,203 vs $35,892/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Small-sector pay

  The $44,987 average in Professional & business services is BLS's published figure for 34 jobs. With so few jobs, a few high-paying employers or contracts can set the average, so it is left out of the wage-spread read.

• Republican 1,625 88.4%
• Democratic 203 11.0%
• Other / third-party 11 0.6%

• Spanish 5 0.1%

Households

1,567

Family households

845

53.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

234

27.7% of families

Single-mother families

67

7.9% of families

Veterans

64

2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 942 23.3%
• Mainline Protestant 138 3.4%
• Catholic 36 0.9%

Health insured

95.2%

±2.5 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare

With a disability

38.7%

±7.8 pp

1st of 120

Bachelor's or higher

7.1%

±3.5 pp

−20.5 pp vs KY · 120th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.6%–8.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

23rd 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

Beattyville, Booneville, Irvine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

31.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1