Rowan County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,983 93.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 588 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 338 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 196 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 449 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 23 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

• Under 18 4,821 19.6%
• 18–24 5,348 21.8%
• 25–44 5,530 22.5%
• 45–64 5,196 21.1%
• 65 and over 3,683 15.0%

Median household income

$55,174

90% interval $49,004–$61,344

−$9,307 vs KY · 75th of 120

Below poverty line

20.8%

90% interval 16.6%–25.0%

+5.4 pp vs KY · 36th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.85 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,051

Establishments

824

• Education & health services 2,401 22.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,057 19.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,382 13.0%
• Manufacturing 1,290 12.1%
• Public administration 406 3.8%
• Financial activities 357 3.4%
• Professional & business services 297 2.8%
• Other services 152 1.4%

The sectors listed cover 78.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.5%

−6.8 pp vs KY · 116th of 120

Median gross rent

$825

−$142 vs KY · 42nd of 120

Owner-occupied

5,901

Renter-occupied

3,691

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Education & health services, $73,705/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,245/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 6,224 63.0%
• Democratic 3,484 35.3%
• Other / third-party 164 1.7%

• Spanish 216 0.9%
• Chinese 72 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 28 0.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.1%
• Arabic 14 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

Households

9,592

Family households

5,402

56.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,587

29.4% of families

Single-mother families

484

9.0% of families

Veterans

1,074

5.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,650 18.9%
• Mainline Protestant 902 3.7%
• Catholic 397 1.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 197 0.8%

Health insured

93.9%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±1.7 pp

55th of 120

With a disability

20.1%

±2.4 pp

68th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

25.9%

±3.8 pp

−1.7 pp vs KY · 20th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.7%

90% interval 6.7%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

21st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Frenchburg, Morehead, Mount Sterling, Owingsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

5.06 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1