Washington County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 10,614 87.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19 0.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 563 4.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 71 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 873 7.2%
• 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 2,783 22.9%
• 18–24 791 6.5%
• 25–44 2,915 24.0%
• 45–64 3,284 27.1%
• 65 and over 2,367 19.5%

Median household income

$66,540

90% interval $59,530–$73,550

+$2,059 vs KY · 31st of 120

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 11.1%–17.1%

−1.3 pp vs KY · 90th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$468.0M

0.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,040

Establishments

368

• Manufacturing 1,221 34.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 535 15.0%
• Education & health services 419 11.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 185 5.2%
• Public administration 170 4.8%
• Other services 105 2.9%
• Financial activities 87 2.4%
• Professional & business services 83 2.3%

The sectors listed cover 78.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.6%

+9.3 pp vs KY · 34th of 120

Median gross rent

$744

−$223 vs KY · 71st of 120

Owner-occupied

3,767

Renter-occupied

1,085

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Financial activities, $68,704/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,180/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.7 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 4,720 74.5%
• Democratic 1,533 24.2%
• Other / third-party 85 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 481 4.2%
• Spanish 37 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.1%

Households

4,852

Family households

3,096

63.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

824

26.6% of families

Single-mother families

207

6.7% of families

Veterans

421

4.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,877 40.6%
• Catholic 3,445 28.6%
• Mainline Protestant 254 2.1%
• Black Protestant 76 0.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

89.0%

±3.6 pp

Uninsured

11.0%

±3.6 pp

7th of 120

With a disability

23.0%

±3.1 pp

42nd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

19.6%

±3.1 pp

−8.0 pp vs KY · 38th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.7%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

11th 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

Campbellsville, Greensburg, Lebanon, Springfield

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

32.06 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3