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Robertson County, Kentucky

Republican +61.2 (2024)
County seat
Mount Olivet
Judicial district
18th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
2,325
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 2,283.

At a glance

Robertson County is a 2,325-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $58,457, $6,024 below the KY state median of $64,481; 13.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 10.4% of covered employment, average pay $44,826/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.39%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 75% to 80% of the vote across the three.

Population
2,283
Median household income
$51,830
Unemployment
5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 4%.

Robertson County has a population of 2,283, with a median age of 38.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.3%; Black residents 3.6%.

The median household earns $58,457; 13.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 2,096 91.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18 0.8%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 82 3.6%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 83 3.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38

  • Under 18 607 26.6%
  • 18–24 101 4.4%
  • 25–44 663 29.0%
  • 45–64 533 23.3%
  • 65 and over 379 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$58,457
90% interval $51,565–$65,349
−$6,024 vs KY · 61st of 120
Below poverty line
17.3%
90% interval 13.3%–21.3%
+1.9 pp vs KY · 58th of 120

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 64% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 10.4% of covered employment, followed by Unclassified at 0.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.39%, above the Kentucky state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.4%
+0.96 pp vs. state
County GDP
$41.7M
0.01% of state
Avg. annual pay
$38,714
Establishments
59

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 33 10.4%
  • Unclassified 1 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 10.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
79.5%
+11.2 pp vs KY · 20th of 120
Median gross rent
$548
Owner-occupied
644
Renter-occupied
166

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 11% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 5.4 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 $44,826 average in Trade, transportation & utilities is BLS's published figure for 33 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. The $175,478 average in Unclassified is BLS's published figure for 1 job. 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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Robertson County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.0% in 2024, 77.1% in 2020, 74.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 1,144 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201674.9%21.9%
202077.1%22.1%
202480.0%18.8%
  • Republican 915 80.0%
  • Democratic 215 18.8%
  • Other / third-party 14 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

0.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. Veterans account for 11.8% of the adult civilian population (198 individuals).

Household composition
Households
810
Family households
571
70.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
157
27.5% of families
Single-mother families
53
9.3% of families
Veterans
198
11.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

23.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 308 14.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 205 9.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.0%
±3.6 pp — too imprecise at this sample size to compare
With a disability
16.7%
±4.7 pp
101st of 120
Bachelor's or higher
13.8%
±5.5 pp
−13.8 pp vs KY · 96th of 120
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.2%
90% interval 6.2%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
18th 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
Carlisle, Cynthiana, Falmouth, Mount Olivet

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Robertson totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
1
59.67 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
1

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Robertson County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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