Adair County, KY

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2024 Population

19,089

US Senator

Mitch McConnell

Republican Party

US Senator

Rand Paul

Republican Party

2024 Median Age

39.7

0.998% 1-year decrease

2024 Poverty Rate

18.4%

1.94% 1-year increase

2024 Median Household Income

$53,553

6.43% 1-year growth

2024 Median Property Value

$150,800

11.9% 1-year growth

2024 Employed Population

8,052

4.54% 1-year growth

About

None of the households in Adair County, KY reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.

97.1% of the residents in Adair County, KY are U.S. citizens.

The largest universities in Adair County, KY are Lindsey Wilson College (817 degrees awarded in 2023).

In 2024, the median property value in Adair County, KY was $150,800, and the homeownership rate was 77.2%.

Most people in Adair County, KY drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 23.8 minutes. The average car ownership in Adair County, KY was 2 cars per household.

Adair County, KY borders Casey County, KY, Cumberland County, KY, Green County, KY, Metcalfe County, KY, Russell County, KY, and Taylor County, KY.

United States Kentucky

Population & Diversity

Adair County, KY is home to a population of 19.1k people, from which 97.1% are citizens. As of 2024, 3.69% of Adair County, KY residents were born outside of the country (705 people).

In 2024, there were 36 times more White (Non-Hispanic) residents (17.3k people) in Adair County, KY than any other race or ethnicity. There were 479 Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic) and 395 Black or African American (Non-Hispanic) residents, the second and third most common ethnic groups.

Population & Diversity

Citizenship

97.1%

2024 Citizenship

97.3%

2023 Citizenship

As of 2024, 97.1% of Adair County, KY residents were US citizens, which is higher than the national average of 93.2%. In 2023, the percentage of US citizens in Adair County, KY was 97.3%, meaning that the rate of citizenship has been decreasing.

The following chart shows US citizenship percentages in Adair County, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Diversity

Race and Ethnicity

The 3 largest ethnic groups in Adair County, KY

White (Non-Hispanic)
17.3k ± 139
Two Races Excluding Other, & Three or More Races (Non-Hispanic)
479 ± 136
Black or African American (Non-Hispanic)
395 ± 159

3.52%

Hispanic Population

671 people

3.52% of the people in Adair County, KY are hispanic (671 people).

The following chart shows the 8 races represented in Adair County, KY as a share of the total population.

Global Diversity

The PUMS dataset is not available at the County level, so we are showing data for Kentucky.

Most Common Origin

Mexico
34,091 ± 4,516 people
Cuba
20,475 ± 3,505 people
India
12,629 ± 2,755 people

In 2023, the most common birthplace for the foreign-born residents of Kentucky was Mexico, the natal country of 34,091 Kentucky residents, followed by Cuba with 20,475 and India with 12,629.

Foreign-Born Population

3.69%

2024 Foreign-Born Population

705 people

3.36%

2023 Foreign-Born Population

638 people

As of 2024, 3.69% of Adair County, KY residents (705 people) were born outside of the United States, which is approximately the same as the national average of 14%. In 2023, the percentage of foreign-born citizens in Adair County, KY was 3.36%, meaning that the rate has been increasing.

The following chart shows the percentage of foreign-born residents in Adair County, KY compared to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Military

Veterans

Most Common Service Period

Vietnam
330 ± 88
Gulf War (1990s)
274 ± 186
Gulf War (2001-)
231 ± 105

Adair County, KY has a large population of military personnel who served in Vietnam, 1.2 times greater than any other conflict.

The chart shows the distribution of veterans by conflict in Adair County, KY.

Economy

The economy of Adair County, KY employs 8.05k people. In 2024, the largest industries in Adair County, KY were Manufacturing (1,202 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,190 people), and Retail Trade (1,065 people), and the highest paying industries were Wholesale Trade ($51,339), Educational Services ($48,177), and Administrative & Support & Waste Management Services ($47,125).

Employment

Occupations

8.05k

2024 Value

± 622

4.54%

1 Year growth

± 10.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Adair County, KY grew at a rate of 4.54%, from 7.7k employees to 8.05k employees.

The most common job groups, by number of people living in Adair County, KY, are Production Occupations (840 people), Office & Administrative Support Occupations (823 people), and Management Occupations (819 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of Adair County, KY.

Unemployment Insurance Claims

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Kentucky (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.

The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.

Industries

Employment by Industries

8.05k

2024 Value

± 622

4.54%

1 Year growth

± 10.7%

From 2023 to 2024, employment in Adair County, KY grew at a rate of 4.54%, from 7.7k employees to 8.05k employees.

The most common employment sectors for those who live in Adair County, KY, are Manufacturing (1,202 people), Health Care & Social Assistance (1,190 people), and Retail Trade (1,065 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of Adair County, KY, though some of these residents may live in Adair County, KY and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.

Median Earnings by Industry

$35,781

Median earning men ± $3,975

$33,348

Median earning women ± $1,745

The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2024 are Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($54,583), Wholesale Trade ($50,357), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($47,050).

The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2024 are Other Services Except Public Administration ($62,546), Construction ($58,333), and Public Administration ($42,689).

Employment by Industry Sector

Data is only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

Y-Axis

2.51%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

As of February 2023, there are 1.98M people employed in Kentucky. This represents a 2.51% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 14.4%.

The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Kentucky.

Establishments by Size

The industries with the most establishments

26
Retail Trade
26
Construction
20
Finance and Insurance

The visualization shows the distribution of establishments by industry and by size according to the number of employees.

The visualization shows the number of establishments and its share across establishment sizes.

Payroll by Industry Sector

The industries with the highest total annual payroll

$26.7k
Finance and Insurance
$26k
Retail Trade
$23.5k
Health Care and Social Assistance

The chart shows the total annual payroll and the average annual payroll by industry.

Civics

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 64.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (33.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.808%).

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing the state of Kentucky. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

Kentucky is currently represented by 6 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.

Presidential Elections

Presidential Popular Vote Over Time

Voting results are not available for Adair County, KY. Showing the available data for Kentucky.

2024 Election Results

Donald J. Trump (64.5%)
Republican Party
Kamala Harris (33.9%)
Democratic Party
Robert Kennedy (0.808%)
Independent Party

In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Kentucky went to Donald J. Trump with 64.5% of the vote. The runner-up was Kamala Harris (33.9%), followed by Robert Kennedy (0.808%).

The following chart shows the popular vote results in Kentucky for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.

Senator Elections

US Senators from Kentucky

Senatorial voting results are only available at the state level. Showing data for Kentucky.

Mitch McConnell

Senator from Kentucky

Assumed office on January 3, 1985

Rand Paul

Senator from Kentucky

Assumed office on January 3, 2011

Mitch McConnell and Rand Paul are the senators currently representing Kentucky.

In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.

The following chart shows elected senators in Kentucky over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.

Education

In 2023, universities in Adair County, KY awarded 817 degrees. The student population of Adair County, KY in 2023 is skewed towards men, with 2,183 male students and 1,872 female students.

Most students graduating from Universities in Adair County, KY are White (469 and 70.6%), Black or African American (70 and 10.5%), Unknown (69 and 10.4%), and Asian (32 and 4.82%).

The largest universities in Adair County, KY by number of degrees awarded are Lindsey Wilson College (817 and 100%).

The most popular majors in Adair County, KY are Counseling Psychology (196 and 24%), Other Computer & Information Technology Services Management (167 and 20.4%), and General Human Services (138 and 16.9%).

The median tuition cost in Adair County, KY for private four year colleges is $26,976.

Admissions & Enrollments

Enrollments by Gender and Races

In 2023 there were 4,055 students enrolled in Adair County, KY, 53.8% men and 46.2% women.

By race, the largest number of students enrolled was concentrated in White with 1,714 records, of which 68% were women and 32% men.

Completions

Concentrations

Most Common

General Business Administration & Management
56 degrees awarded
General Psychology
32 degrees awarded
General Human Services
138 degrees awarded

In 2023, the most common concentation for Bachelors Degree recipients in Adair County, KY was General Business Administration & Management with 56 degrees awarded.

This visualization illustrates the percentage of students graduating with a Bachelors Degree from schools in Adair County, KY according to their major.

Universities

Gender

Race

Lindsey Wilson College

Largest Universities by degrees awarded

817 degrees awarded

In 2023, the institution with the largest number of graduating students was Lindsey Wilson College with 817 degrees awarded.

Student Diversity

In 2023, 307 men were awarded degrees from institutions in Adair County, KY, which is 0.602 times less than the 510 female students who received degrees in the same year.

In 2023, the most common race/ethnicity group awarded degrees at institutions was White students. These 469 degrees mean that there were 6.7 times more degrees awarded to White students then the next closest race/ethnicity group, Black or African American, with 70 degrees awarded.

Awarded Degrees over Time

The graph shows the evolution of awarded degrees by degrees. Under the paragraphs, the average number of awarded degrees by university in each degree is shown.

Tuition

Average Net Price by Sector

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($26,976) is the sector with the highest median state tuition in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($298) is the sector with the highest median state fee in 2023.

Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above ($1,000) is the sector with the highest average net price of books and supplies.

The graph shows the average net price by sector and year.

Housing & Living

The median property value in Adair County, KY was $150,800 in 2024, which is 0.453 times smaller than the national average of $332,700. Between 2023 and 2024 the median property value increased from $134,800 to $150,800, a 11.9% increase. The homeownership rate in Adair County, KY is 77.2%, which is higher than the national average of 65.2%.

People in Adair County, KY have an average commute time of 23.8 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in Adair County, KY is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.

In 2025, 12.5% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Adair County, KY. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.92%.

Housing

Property

$150,800

Median Property Value 2024

±$14,422

$5,510

Median Property Taxes

±$499

The following chart display owner-occupied housing units distributed between a series of property tax buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. In Adair County, KY the largest share of households pay taxes in the < $800 range.

The chart underneath the paragraph shows the property taxes in Adair County, KY compared to it's parent and neighbor geographies.

Rent vs Own

77.2%

Homeownership

2024

69%

Homeowners with Mortgage

2024

In 2024, 77.2% of the housing units in Adair County, KY were occupied by their owner. This percentage grew from the previous year's rate of 76.2%.

This chart shows the percentage of owner in Adair County, KY compared it's parent and neighboring geographies.

Equity

Household Income

Please note that the buckets used in this visualization were not evenly distributed by ACS when publishing the data.

$53,553

Median Household Income

± $5,555

7.14k

Number of Households

± 613

In 2024, the median household income of the 7.14k households in Adair County, KY grew to $53,553 from the previous year's value of $50,316.

The following chart displays the households in Adair County, KY distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the < $10k range.

Wage Distribution

The closest comparable wage GINI for Adair County, KY is from Kentucky.

0.449

2023 Wage GINI in Kentucky

0.452

2022 Wage GINI in Kentucky

In 2023, the income inequality in Kentucky was 0.449 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.729% decline from 2022 to 2023, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Kentucky was lower than than the national average of 0.476. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Kentucky in comparison to the national average.

This chart shows the number of workers in Kentucky across various wage buckets compared to the national average.

Transportation

Commuter Transportation

Most Common Commute in 2024

Drove Alone (71.6%)
Worked At Home (13.7%)
Carpooled (10.1%)

In 2024, 71.6% of workers in Adair County, KY drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (13.7%) and those who carpooled to work (10.1%).

The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.

Commute Time

23.8 minutes

Average Travel Time

Using averages, employees in Adair County, KY have a shorter commute time (23.8 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.4 minutes). Additionally, 4.16% of the workforce in Adair County, KY have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.

The chart below shows how the median household income in Adair County, KY compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.

Car Ownership

2 cars

Average Number

The following chart displays the households in Adair County, KY distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in Adair County, KY have 2 cars.

Poverty

Severe Housing Problems

In 2025, 12.5% of the population was living with severe housing problems in Adair County, KY. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 3.92%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the population living with severe housing problems.

Poverty & Diversity

18.4% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in Adair County, KY (3.29k out of 17.9k people) live below the poverty line, a number that is higher than the national average of 12.5%. The largest demographic living in poverty are Females 55 - 64, followed by Females 25 - 34 and then Females 18 - 24.

The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in Adair County, KY is White, followed by Two Or More and Hispanic.

The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.

Children in Poverty

In 2025, 27.8% of the children was living in poverty in Adair County, KY. From 2014 to 2025, the indicator declined 11.4%.

The graph shows the trend of the percentage of the children living in poverty.

Social Needs

Data only available at the state level.

Most prevalent states

California
35,798 individuals
New York
5,087 individuals
Florida
4,915 individuals

In 2017, California had the highest estimated number of chronically homeless individuals in the nation, at 35,798. New York has the second highest (5,087), followed by Florida (4,915).

The following map shows the estimated number of chronically homeless individuals by state over multiple years.

Security

Crimes & Accidents

Indicator

In 2022, the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population was 39.6 in Adair County, KY. From 2014 to 2022, the indicator declined 12.8 per 100,000 population.

The graph shows the trend in the number of reported violent crimes offenses per 100,000 population.

Health

92.5% of the population of Adair County, KY has health coverage, with 33.2% on employee plans, 30.4% on Medicaid, 13% on Medicare, 13.6% on non-group plans, and 2.35% on military or VA plans.

Primary care physicians in Adair County, KY see 3,786 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (3,786 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 6356 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 363 patients per year.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.4% were men and 49.6% were women.

Coverage

Patient to Clinician Ratios

3,786 to 1

Patient to Primary Care Physician Ratio in Adair County, KY

Primary care physicians in Adair County, KY see an average of 3,786 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (3,786 patients).

The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Adair County, KY in comparison to its neighboring geographies.

Health Care Diversity

In 2024, insured persons according to age ranges were distributed in 21.6% under 18 years, 22.3% between 18 and 34 years, 36.6% between 35 and 64 years, and 19.5% over 64 years.

By gender, of the total number of insured persons, 50.4% were men and 49.6% were women.

The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.

Uninsured People

7.46%

Uninsured

33.2%

Employer Coverage

30.4%

Medicaid

13%

Medicare

13.6%

Non-Group

2.35%

Military or VA

Between 2023 and 2024, the percent of uninsured citizens in Adair County, KY grew by 7.96% from 6.91% to 7.46%.

The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in Adair County, KY changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.

Health Indicators

Health Outcomes

Indicator

In 2025, the number of deaths among residents under age 18 per 100,000 population was 70.6 in Adair County, KY.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Adair County, KY.

Health Behaviors

Indicator

In 2025, the percentage of the adult population (age 18 and older) that reports a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (age-adjusted) was 37.3% in Adair County, KY.

The graphic shows the trend of the indicator in Adair County, KY.