Wayne County, Kentucky

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,919 91.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 882 4.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 239 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 493 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 63 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 4,007 20.4%
• 18–24 1,398 7.1%
• 25–44 4,809 24.5%
• 45–64 5,090 26.0%
• 65 and over 4,298 21.9%

Median household income

$41,853

90% interval $37,004–$46,702

−$22,628 vs KY · 110th of 120

Below poverty line

28.8%

90% interval 24.4%–33.2%

+13.4 pp vs KY · 12th of 120

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.2%

+1.8 pp vs. state

County GDP

$560.2M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$41,770

Establishments

466

• Manufacturing 901 17.7%
• Education & health services 899 17.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 862 17.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 464 9.1%
• Professional & business services 382 7.5%
• Public administration 294 5.8%
• Natural resources & mining 229 4.5%
• Financial activities 178 3.5%
• Information 87 1.7%
• Construction 59 1.2%
• Other services 33 0.6%
• Unclassified 8 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 86.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.1%

+0.8 pp vs KY · 93rd of 120

Median gross rent

$727

−$240 vs KY · 79th of 120

Owner-occupied

5,582

Renter-occupied

2,492

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% 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 (Financial activities, $67,543/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,998/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 7,203 82.5%
• Democratic 1,444 16.5%
• Other / third-party 86 1.0%

• Spanish 593 3.2%
• German or other West Germanic 22 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.1%

Households

8,074

Family households

5,268

65.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,493

28.3% of families

Single-mother families

469

8.9% of families

Veterans

983

6.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,003 56.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,523 7.8%
• Black Protestant 228 1.2%
• Catholic 174 0.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 172 0.9%

Health insured

94.8%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±1.2 pp

78th of 120

With a disability

25.9%

±1.9 pp

22nd of 120

Bachelor's or higher

13.9%

±2.4 pp

−13.7 pp vs KY · 94th of 120

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.0%–10.2% · 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

4

25.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4