Russell County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,679 91.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 842 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 203 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 50 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 431 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,212 23.1%
• 18–24 1,442 7.9%
• 25–44 3,997 21.9%
• 45–64 4,822 26.5%
• 65 and over 3,748 20.6%

Median household income

$51,235

90% interval $45,298–$57,172

−$13,246 vs KY · 85th of 120

Below poverty line

18.8%

90% interval 15.0%–22.6%

+3.4 pp vs KY · 45th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

−0.04 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.1B

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,877

Establishments

561

• Manufacturing 1,882 31.1%
• Education & health services 924 15.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 916 15.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 593 9.8%
• Public administration 317 5.2%
• Financial activities 196 3.2%
• Professional & business services 144 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 10 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 82.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.8%

+2.5 pp vs KY · 83rd of 120

Median gross rent

$681

−$286 vs KY · 92nd of 120

Owner-occupied

5,354

Renter-occupied

2,208

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $74,471/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,162/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 7,622 85.7%
• Democratic 1,200 13.5%
• Other / third-party 71 0.8%

• Spanish 604 3.5%
• German or other West Germanic 79 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.1%
• Tagalog 10 0.1%
• Chinese 8 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 3 0.0%

Households

7,562

Family households

4,826

63.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,136

23.5% of families

Single-mother families

560

11.6% of families

Veterans

835

6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,781 32.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,253 12.5%
• Catholic 160 0.9%
• Black Protestant 76 0.4%

Health insured

92.4%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±1.9 pp

30th of 120

With a disability

24.0%

±2.3 pp

39th of 120

Bachelor's or higher

15.4%

±2.6 pp

−12.2 pp vs KY · 77th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.6%

90% interval 8.4%–10.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

57th 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

Jamestown, Monticello

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

1

7.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1