Trigg County, KY

Metropolitan Statistical Area: Clarksville, TN-KY
Designated Market Area: Nashville, TN-KY
USDA County Type (2015): Recreation/Tourism, Low Employment, Retirement Destination
American Communities Project County Type (2023): Evangelical Hubs

Places in Trigg County, KY [Sort places by population]

2022 population: 14,332 ( 7 from 2010 , 275 from 2020)
Land area: 441.5 square miles
Population density: 32.5 persons per square mile

2022 Census data
White:	12,555	87.60%	0.9%
Black:	959	6.69%	18.1%
Indian:	39	0.27%	5.4%
Asian:	64	0.45%	33.3%
2+ races:	339	2.37%	51.3%
Hispanic:	376	2.62%	114.9%

Total non-White:	1,777	12.40%	6.8%

2020-2022 Components	Number	Rate
Births:	347	12.3
Deaths:	525	18.7
Net Migration:	461	16.4
Net Immigration:	-1	-0.0

Change in White population:	-120	-0.8
Change in Non-White pop.:	113	0.8

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

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Year:

Total population:

White:

Black:

Indian:

Asian:

2+ races:

Hispanic:

Total non-White:

2010
14,339
12,675	88.40%
1,171	8.17%
37	0.26%
48	0.33%
224	1.56%
175	1.22%
1,664	11.60%

2000
12,597
11,047	87.70%
1,233	9.79%
22	0.17%
32	0.25%
144	1.14%
113	0.90%
1,550	12.30%

1990
10,361
9,097	87.80%
1,226	11.83%
12	0.12%
6	0.06%
n/a
20	0.19%
1,264	12.20%

1980
9,384
8,154	86.89%
1,165	12.41%
0	0.00%
17	0.18%
n/a
43	0.46%
1,230	13.11%

1970
8,620
7,005	81.26%
1,604	18.61%
1	0.01%
4	0.05%
n/a
0	0.00%
1,615	18.74%

Decade:

Components:

Births:

Deaths:

Net Migration:

Net Immigration:

Change in White population:

Change in Non-White pop.:

Number	Rate
2000's
1,310	10.4
1,432	11.4
910	7.2
-15	-0.1

1,628	12.9
114	0.9

Number	Rate
1990's
1,341	12.9
1,373	13.3
2,587	25.0
6	0.1

1,950	18.8
286	2.8

Number	Rate
1980's
1,137	12.1
1,152	12.3
1,067	11.4
n/a

943	10.0
34	0.4

Number	Rate
1970's
n/a
n/a
444	5.2
n/a

1,149	13.3
-385	-4.5

Age, Family & Household Data for Trigg County, KY

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Year:

Median Age:

Under 18:

Voting Age Population:

Over 65:

Households:

Persons Per HH:

Families (%HH):

Married Couples (%Fams):

Single Mothers (%Fams):

Non-Family (%HH):

2022
Number	Percent
45.8
3,066	21.4%
11,266	78.6%
3,206	22.4%

5,818
2.42

3,909	67.2%
3,016	77.2%
292	7.5%
1,909	32.8%

2010
Number	Percent
44.2
3,228	22.5%
11,111	77.5%
2,727	19.0%

5,883
2.42

4,183	71.1%
3,271	78.2%
356	8.5%
1,700	28.9%

2000
Number	Percent
40.7
2,855	22.7%
9,742	77.3%
2,118	16.8%

5,237
2.38

3,774	72.1%
3,176	84.2%
252	6.7%
1,463	27.9%

1990
Number	Percent
39.2
2,372	22.9%
7,989	77.1%
2,009	19.4%

4,081
2.51

3,098	75.9%
2,697	87.1%
172	5.6%
983	24.1%

1980
Number	Percent
35.1
2,597	27.7%
6,787	72.3%
1,483	15.8%

3,315
2.79

2,679	80.8%
2,317	86.5%
90	3.4%
636	19.2%

2022 Housing Data for Trigg County, KY

Household Income
Range	Number	%
Less than $10,000	315	5.4%
$10,000 to $14,999	431	7.4%
$15,000 to $19,999	315	5.4%
$20,000 to $24,999	185	3.2%
$25,000 to $29,999	370	6.4%
$30,000 to $34,999	381	6.5%
$35,000 to $39,999	272	4.7%
$40,000 to $44,999	220	3.8%
$45,000 to $49,999	156	2.7%
$50,000 to $59,999	484	8.3%
$60,000 to $74,999	652	11.2%
$75,000 to $99,999	738	12.7%
$100,000 to $124,999	384	6.6%
$125,000 to $149,999	329	5.7%
$150,000 to $199,999	337	5.8%
$200,000 or more	249	4.3%

Median Household Income	55,864
Per Capita Income	30,172

Cost of Living Index (100 = average)
Compared to state	91
Compared to U.S.	73

Welfare Households
	Number	%
SSI	233	4.0%
Public Assistance	88	1.5%
Public Asst. or Food Stamps	640	11.0%

Labor Force, Ages 25-64
	Number	%
Employed	5,023	62.8%
Unemployed	211	2.6%
In Armed Forces	51	0.6%

Total Labor Force	5,285	66.1%
Not in Labor Force	2,708	33.9%

Real Unemployment Rate		36.5%

Class of Worker
	Male	Female	% Male
Private Sector	1,859	1,348	58.0%
Non-Profit	104	393	20.9%
Self-Employed	484	242	66.7%

Local Government	247	287	46.3%
State Government	253	342	42.5%
Federal Government	79	88	47.3%

Total Private + Self	2,343	1,590	59.6%
Total Non-Profit + Govt.	683	1,110	38.1%
Total	3,026	2,700	52.8%

Pct. Govt.	22.6%

Occupation
	Number	%
Management, Business, Science, Arts	622	10.8%
Sales and Office Occupations	916	15.9%
Professional, Technical	1,192	20.8%
Service Occupations	880	15.3%
Farming, Forestry, Fishing	132	2.3%
All others	2,133	37.1%

White Collar		47.5%

Industry
	Number	%
Manufacturing	934	16.3%
Health care and social assistance	816	14.2%
Educational services	700	12.2%
Retail trade	584	10.2%
Other services	457	8.0%
Transportation and warehousing	362	6.3%
Public administration	328	5.7%
Construction	300	5.2%
Accommodation and food services	267	4.6%
Administrative, support, waste mgmt.	237	4.1%
Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting	230	4.0%
Arts, entertainment, recreation	153	2.7%
Professional, scientific, technical	117	2.0%
Finance and insurance	111	1.9%
Utilities	71	1.2%
Real estate and rental and leasing	40	0.7%
Wholesale trade	21	0.4%
Information	15	0.3%

Hispanic Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Mexican	246	1.74%
Puerto Rican	94	0.66%
Cuban	0	0.00%
Dominican	0	0.00%

Total Central American	13	0.09%
Costa Rican	0	0.00%
Guatemalan	13	0.09%
Honduran	0	0.00%
Nicaraguan	0	0.00%
Panamanian	0	0.00%
Salvadoran	0	0.00%
Other Central American	0	0.00%

Total South American	0	0.00%
Argentinean	0	0.00%
Bolivian	0	0.00%
Chilean	0	0.00%
Colombian	0	0.00%
Ecuadorian	0	0.00%
Paraguayan	0	0.00%
Peruvian	0	0.00%
Uruguayan	0	0.00%
Venezuelan	0	0.00%
Other South American	0	0.00%

Other Hispanic	0	0.00%

Asian Breakdown
Country	Number	%
Burmese	32	0.23%
Filipino	10	0.07%

Language Spoken at Home
Language	Number	%
English	12,527	93.8%
German, other Germanic	565	4.2%
Spanish	224	1.7%
Other Asian	18	0.1%
French, Haitian, Cajun	15	0.1%
Arabic	4	0.0%
Tagalog	4	0.0%

Ancestry
Country	Number	%
German	2,101	14.8%
English	2,099	14.8%
Irish	1,566	11.1%
American	1,140	8.1%
European	450	3.2%
Scottish	278	2.0%
French	211	1.5%
Polish	188	1.3%
Dutch	171	1.2%
Italian	132	0.9%
Scotch-Irish	123	0.9%
Norwegian	121	0.9%
French Canadian	76	0.5%
African	75	0.5%
British	69	0.5%

Citizenship & Nativity
	Number	%
U.S. citizen	13,967	98.7%
Not a citizen	187	1.3%

Native	13,906	98.2%
Foreign-born	248	1.8%

Educational Attainment, Population 25 Years and Older
492	4.9%	733	7.3%	3,254	32.3%	3,538	35.1%	1,196	11.9%	869	8.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Population 25 Years and Older
< 9 Years	492	4.9%
9-12 Years	733	7.3%
H.S. Grad or GED	3,254	32.3%
Some College	3,538	35.1%
Bach. Degree	1,196	11.9%
Grad Degree	869	8.6%
Average years of education: 13.1

Labor Force Data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics
Year	Labor Force	Employed	Unemployed	Unemp. Rate	State Avg.
1990	4,960	4,699	261	5.3%	6.0%
1991	5,317	4,974	343	6.5%	7.3%
1992	5,459	5,139	320	5.9%	6.9%
1993	5,503	5,170	333	6.1%	6.2%
1994	5,646	5,397	249	4.4%	5.4%
1995	5,773	5,499	274	4.7%	5.4%
1996	5,876	5,618	258	4.4%	5.4%
1997	5,864	5,581	283	4.8%	5.2%
1998	5,745	5,529	216	3.8%	4.5%
1999	5,908	5,728	180	3.0%	4.5%

2000	5,952	5,688	264	4.4%	4.1%
2001	5,939	5,598	341	5.7%	5.2%
2002	6,008	5,611	397	6.6%	5.8%
2003	6,097	5,735	362	5.9%	6.2%
2004	6,414	6,090	324	5.1%	5.5%
2005	6,443	6,021	422	6.5%	5.9%
2006	6,698	6,313	385	5.7%	5.7%
2007	6,276	5,911	365	5.8%	5.4%
2008	6,272	5,781	491	7.8%	6.5%
2009	6,487	5,445	1,042	16.1%	10.8%

2010	6,476	5,554	922	14.2%	10.3%
2011	6,204	5,502	702	11.3%	9.4%
2012	6,037	5,469	568	9.4%	8.2%
2013	6,048	5,506	542	9.0%	7.9%
2014	5,718	5,316	402	7.0%	6.4%
2015	5,724	5,401	323	5.6%	5.2%
2016	5,819	5,497	322	5.5%	5.0%
2017	5,934	5,604	330	5.6%	4.8%
2018	5,898	5,621	277	4.7%	4.2%
2019	5,988	5,715	273	4.6%	4.1%

2020	6,030	5,611	419	6.9%	6.6%
2021	6,012	5,721	291	4.8%	4.4%
2022	6,078	5,805	273	4.5%	3.9%
2023	5,963	5,684	279	4.7%	4.2%

Housing Data
	Number	%
Housing Units	7,596
Median Value	$173,900

Occupied	5,818	76.6%
Vacant	1,778	23.4%

Owned	4,575	78.6%
Rented	1,243	21.4%
Median Rent	$639

Single-Family Units	5,704	75.1%
Detached	5,698	75.0%
Attached	6	0.1%
Buldings with 5+ Units	181	2.4%
Mobile Homes	1,368	18.0%

Trigg County, KY

Race Breakdown with Components of Population Change

Age, Family & Household Data for Trigg County, KY

2022 Housing Data for Trigg County, KY

2022 Income & Employment Data for Trigg County, KY

2022 Ancestry, Citizenship & Language Data for Trigg County, KY

2022 Educational Attainment Data for Trigg County, KY

Historical Labor Force Data for Trigg County, KY