Trigg County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,356 86.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 387 2.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 604 4.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 23 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 919 6.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 26 0.2%

• Under 18 3,128 21.9%
• 18–24 971 6.8%
• 25–44 2,985 20.9%
• 45–64 4,018 28.1%
• 65 and over 3,213 22.4%

Median household income

$64,717

90% interval $58,323–$71,111

+$236 vs KY · 34th of 120

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 10.9%–16.9%

−1.5 pp vs KY · 95th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.39 pp vs. state

County GDP

$464.9M

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,639

Establishments

368

• Trade, transportation & utilities 532 18.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 435 14.7%
• Education & health services 407 13.8%
• Manufacturing 278 9.4%
• Professional & business services 185 6.3%
• Public administration 180 6.1%
• Construction 153 5.2%
• Natural resources & mining 118 4.0%
• Financial activities 109 3.7%

The sectors listed cover 81.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.9%

+8.6 pp vs KY · 39th of 120

Median gross rent

$803

−$164 vs KY · 47th of 120

Owner-occupied

4,663

Renter-occupied

1,397

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 46% 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 (Manufacturing, $57,014/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,012/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 8.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 5,436 75.5%
• Democratic 1,667 23.2%
• Other / third-party 93 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 773 5.7%
• Spanish 222 1.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 36 0.3%
• Korean 15 0.1%

Households

6,060

Family households

4,032

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

981

24.3% of families

Single-mother families

207

5.1% of families

Veterans

996

8.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,958 63.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,036 14.5%
• Catholic 325 2.3%
• Black Protestant 150 1.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 140 1.0%

Health insured

88.0%

±3.7 pp

Uninsured

12.0%

±3.7 pp

4th of 120

With a disability

25.8%

±3.1 pp

23rd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

21.7%

±3.5 pp

−5.9 pp vs KY · 29th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.8%

90% interval 8.6%–11.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

56th 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

Cadiz, Eddyville, Princeton, Smithland

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

26.82 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2