North Bluegrass News

Russell County ranked 87th among counties in Kentucky by annual earnings per resident, according to data obtained from the U.S. Census Bureau in August.

The median income of Russell County residents was an inflation-adjusted $19,457 per year. Russell County had 7,204 households in 2017, with a population of 17,731.

The county with the highest median resident income in the state was Oldham County. Oldham County's median income was $36,618 per year after adjusting for inflation – $17,161 more than Russell County. It had 20,465 households in 2017 and a population of 64,633.

McCreary County had the lowest annual resident income among counties in Kentucky, with a median income of only $12,116 per year. That was $7,341 less than the median income in Russell County at the time. McCreary County had 6,332 households in 2017 and a population of 17,748.

The table below shows the top 100 counties ranked by median annual resident earnings in 2017.

Rank	County	Earnings per resident ($$$)
1	Oldham County	36,618
2	Boone County	34,398
3	Spencer County	33,406
4	Scott County	30,919
5	Anderson County	30,465
6	Franklin County	30,400
7	Woodford County	30,243
8	Kenton County	30,228
9	Campbell County	30,167
10	Jefferson County	29,022
11	Bullitt County	28,918
12	Nelson County	28,575
13	Shelby County	28,336
14	Meade County	27,348
15	Hardin County	27,334
16	Trimble County	27,035
17	Fayette County	26,717
18	Daviess County	26,025
19	Jessamine County	26,022
20	Clark County	25,719
21	Mercer County	25,605
22	Marshall County	25,497
23	Bourbon County	25,439
24	Hancock County	25,279
25	Christian County	25,243
26	Bracken County	25,049
27	Henry County	24,803
28	Ballard County	24,719
29	McLean County	24,532
30	Trigg County	24,422
31	Henderson County	24,337
32	Pendleton County	24,245
33	Logan County	24,239
34	Greenup County	24,186
35	McCracken County	24,176
36	Mason County	24,035
37	Caldwell County	24,019
38	Hopkins County	24,017
39	Simpson County	23,911
40	Warren County	23,806
41	Garrard County	23,704
42	Gallatin County	23,519
43	Livingston County	23,472
44	Harrison County	23,455
45	Menifee County	23,413
46	Carlisle County	23,391
47	Boyd County	23,335
48	Butler County	23,059
49	Washington County	22,847
50	Grant County	22,374
51	Todd County	22,166
52	Montgomery County	22,161
53	Allen County	22,145
54	Graves County	22,012
55	Fleming County	21,983
56	Boyle County	21,982
57	Union County	21,877
58	Larue County	21,837
59	Lyon County	21,789
60	Marion County	21,561
61	Webster County	21,498
62	Crittenden County	21,491
63	Madison County	21,467
64	Owen County	21,313
65	Breckinridge County	21,234
66	Carroll County	21,147
67	Edmonson County	21,106
68	Hart County	20,972
69	Lincoln County	20,811
70	Robertson County	20,745
71	Barren County	20,722
72	Ohio County	20,718
73	Laurel County	20,689
74	Metcalfe County	20,637
75	Green County	20,610
76	Lawrence County	20,535
77	Bath County	20,274
78	Carter County	20,218
79	Rockcastle County	20,147
80	Calloway County	20,115
81	Jackson County	20,093
82	Grayson County	20,070
83	Muhlenberg County	19,929
84	Nicholas County	19,865
85	Johnson County	19,797
86	Lewis County	19,667
87	Russell County	19,457
88	Powell County	19,444
89	Monroe County	19,267
90	Morgan County	19,258
91	Pike County	19,245
92	Casey County	19,213
93	Perry County	19,116
94	Pulaski County	19,050
95	Taylor County	18,990
96	Cumberland County	18,931
97	Clinton County	18,836
98	Adair County	18,811
99	Wayne County	18,504
100	Magoffin County	18,360

* All values are inflation-adjusted