County · Kentucky

Adair County, Kentucky

Adair County, Kentucky has a quality-of-life score of 26 out of 100 (low), ranking #2,337 of 3,143 US counties. Within Kentucky it ranks #67 of 120 counties. It ranks best on property crime rate (low), violent crime rate (low) and pharmacies (high). It ranks worst on preventable hospital stays (high), dentists (low) and average weekly wage (low).

26Low

Quality-of-life score: #2,337 of 3,143 counties
Kentucky: #67 of 120 in KY
Population: 19,423 (2025)
Land area: 405 mi²
Density: 47.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 21001

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety70#937/3,096
Economy8#2,891/3,143
Housing60#1,270/3,140
Health23#2,429/3,144
Healthcare30#2,201/3,143
Environment61#1,202/3,108
Education32#2,130/3,144
Infrastructure21#2,491/3,144
Community13#2,726/3,144
Leisure & amenities20#2,527/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Adair County, Kentucky ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Property crime rate · low111 /100k
99/100Kentucky 1,262 /100kUnited States 1,535 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Violent crime rate · low39 /100k
96/100Kentucky 212 /100kUnited States 328 /100k2025Federal Bureau of Investigation
Pharmacies · high3.6 /10k
94/100Kentucky 2.4 /10kUnited States 1.8 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Child care cost burden · low22.0%
82/100Kentucky 25.2%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an emergency room · low5.0 mi
78/100Kentucky 6.4 miUnited States 5.5 miJul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Kentucky 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Preventable hospital stays · high4,612 /100k
7/100Kentucky 3,415 /100kUnited States 2,769 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Dentists · low10 /100k
8/100Kentucky 67 /100kUnited States 75 /100k2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Average weekly wage · low$842
8/100Kentucky $1,202United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Median household income · low$50,581
9/100Kentucky $64,481United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Primary care physicians · low16 /100k
9/100Kentucky 63 /100kUnited States 76 /100k2022University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Poverty rate · high21.2%
10/100Kentucky 15.4%United States 12.1%2024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 26% (Oct 2025–Sep 2026)
+26 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
69.1% (2015-2019) → 85.1% (2020-2024)
+16 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
New business applicationsImproving
6.1 /1k (2020) → 10.7 /1k (2025)
+75%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Social associationsImproving
4.2 /10k (2019) → 7.3 /10k (2023)
+74%4 yearsUS 9.2 /10k → 9.1 /10k
Child care cost burdenImproving
34.8% (2020 & 2021) → 21.9% (2023 & 2024)
−13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Primary care physiciansWorsening
36 /100k (2019) → 16 /100k (2022)
−57%3 yearsUS 77 /100k → 76 /100k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Adair County, Kentucky improved on 8 of 31 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 22 moved within the margin of error and 1 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Real income+43%$38,446 → $55,027
Bachelor's++6.1 points15.7% → 21.8%
Household income+34%$37,650 → $50,581
Broadband+16 points69.1% → 85.1%
Students / teacher−1.8×15.9× → 14.0×

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 31 measures

Change of every measure of Adair County, Kentucky between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	1.1 /10k2020	1.0 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	30%
Average commute time	26.4 min2015-2019	23.8 min2020-2024	−2.6 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Average weekly wage	$6782020	$8422025	+24%	Improved	53%
Bachelor's degree or higher	15.7%2015-2019	21.8%2020-2024	+6.1 points	Improved	91%
Broadband subscriptions	69.1%2015-2019	85.1%2020-2024	+16 points	Improved	84%
Child poverty rate	29.8%2019	28.6%2024	−1.2 points	Within the margin of error	44%
Distance to an airport	74 mi2020	74 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	24.7 /100k2020	20.9 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−15%	Within the margin of error	38%
Effective property tax rate	0.62%2015-2019	0.56%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	30%
Firearm deaths	13.7 /100k2020	18.4 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+34%	Within the margin of error	13%
Grocery stores	2.6 /10k2020	2.1 /10k2025	−22%	Within the margin of error	17%
High school diploma or higher	79.6%2015-2019	84.3%2020-2024	+4.7 points	Within the margin of error	87%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	2.8×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	63%
Income adjusted for local prices	$38,4462019	$55,0272024	+43%	Improved	91%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4782015-2019	0.4732020-2024	−0.005	Within the margin of error	64%
Median household income	$37,6502019	$50,5812024	+34%	Improved	88%
New business applications	6.1 /1k2020	10.7 /1k2025	+75%	Improved	81%
Pharmacies	3.7 /10k2020	3.6 /10k2025	−2.8%	Within the margin of error	56%
Poverty rate	21.4%2019	21.2%2024	−0.2 points	Within the margin of error	49%
Property crime rate	120 /100k2020	111 /100k2025	−7.8%	Within the margin of error	15%
Public libraries	1.0 /10k2019	1.0 /10k2024	+1.2%	Within the margin of error	64%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	73%
Rent as share of income	28.3%2015-2019	29.2%2020-2024	+0.9 points	Within the margin of error	41%
Rent-burdened households	44.6%2015-2019	47.9%2020-2024	+3.3 points	Within the margin of error	34%
Restaurants and bars	4.8 /10k2020	6.7 /10k2025	+40%	Within the margin of error	94%
Students per teacher	15.9×2019	14.0×2024	−1.8×	Improved	84%
Suicide rate	17.6 /100k2020	18.7 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+6.2%	Within the margin of error	43%
Traffic deaths	22.8 /100k2015-2019	24.1 /100k2020-2024	+5.7%	Within the margin of error	48%
Unemployment rate	6.4%2020	4.7%2025	−1.7 points	Improved	28%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	8.5%2019	9.8%2024	+1.3 points	Within the margin of error	7%
Violent crime rate	72 /100k2020	39 /100k2025	−45%	Within the margin of error	84%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Adair County, Kentucky five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Adair County, Kentucky in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Adair County, Kentucky itself moved −1.4 points in standing on average over the same 32 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

19,089 residents

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 40–49 women (−1.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

19,089 residents

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

White90%17,255
Black2.1%†395
Hispanic or Latino3.5%671
Asian0.2%†45
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%†3
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.3%†54
Other or two or more races3.5%666

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: White (−2.9 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

12,822 residents (±140)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

No high school diploma16%2,012
High school or GED36%4,624
Some college18%2,319
Associate degree8.4%1,077
Bachelor's degree11%1,411
Graduate degree11%1,379

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: No high school diploma (−4.7 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

7,136 households (±263)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $25k26%1,877
$25k–50k22%1,545
$50k–75k18%1,320
$75k–100k11%770
$100k–150k16%1,112
$150k–200k4.7%†336
$200k or more2.5%†176

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−8.8 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

7,136 households (±263)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Own77%5,510
Rent23%1,626

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

1,363 households (±273)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $75045%617
$750–1,00031%†416
$1,000–1,50016%†214

Home values

5,510 homes (±322)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under $150k50%2,740
$150k–250k27%1,498
$250k–400k17%942

Age of homes

8,648 homes (±28)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

2010 or later10%883
2000–200917%1,502
1980–199927%2,351

Size of homes

8,648 homes (±28)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Studio1.5%†131
1 bedroom6.9%595
2 bedrooms24%2,096

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

7,811 workers (±447)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Drive alone72%5,593
Carpool10%787
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.4%†191
Bike0.0%0
Work from home14%1,073
Other2.1%†167

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Drive alone (−13.1 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

6,738 workers (±456)

Adair County, Kentucky
Kentucky share

Under 15 min41%2,731
15–29 min31%2,119
30–44 min15%1,007

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Adair County has 331 employer establishments, 172 for every 10,000 residents (0.69× the US rate of 248; 0.83× Kentucky's), with 4,066 paid employees at an average annual pay of $38,407. The Census Bureau also counts 1,850 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 331; 1,850 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 172; US 248 · Kentucky 207
Paid employees: 4,066
Average annual pay: $38,407; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Adair County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	32	16.6	0.80×Fewer than typical	279	$52,047	72
Restaurants and other eating places	23	11.9	0.65×Fewer than typical	416	$15,675	13
Specialty trade contractors	23	11.9	0.77×Fewer than typical	116	$40,931	314
Truck transportation	17	8.8	1.74×More than typical	88	$41,523	69
Religious organizations	14	7.3	1.31×More than typical	59	$22,407	—
Limited-service restaurants	12	6.2	0.78×Fewer than typical	276	$14,558	6
Full-service restaurants	11	5.7	0.74×Fewer than typical	140	$17,879	7
Offices of other health practitioners	11	5.7	0.94×About typical	53	$37,075	39
Banks and credit unions	10	5.2	1.61×More than typical	101	$48,386	—
Gasoline stations	10	5.2	1.60×More than typical	82	$26,671	—
Offices of physicians	10	5.2	0.80×About typical	101	$68,089	5
Other specialty trade contractors	9	4.7	1.86×Too few to compare	36	$34,444	93

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County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 19,281 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $21.5K on contracts performed in Adair County, Kentucky: $1.11 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $21.5K
Per resident: $1.11; US $1,994
Sole-source: 100%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Department of the Army$21.5K100%

Top recipients

ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF$21.5K100%

Spending by fiscal year

-1.5KFY2017
175KFY2018
48KFY2019
90.5KFY2020
47KFY2021
161.8KFY2022
70.6KFY2023
21.5KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Investigation and security services · 5616$21.5K100%

Largest awards

GREEN RIVER LAKE LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES - ADAIR COUNTY$21.5K
ADAIR COUNTY SHERIFF· Adair County, KY· Professional services· Apr 13, 2026 – Apr 13, 2026· W912QR26PA021

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $121.1M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Adair County, Kentucky: $6,235 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $121.1M; −3.9% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,235; US $12,955
Loan face value: $5.3M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 3.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$65M54%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$16.2M13%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$9.9M8.2%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$7.7M6.4%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$6.4M5.3%
84.063 · Federal Pell Grant Program$6.4M5.3%
10.990 · Farmer Bridge Assistance Program$1.6M1.3%
10.988 · Supplemental Disaster Relief Program$1.3M1.1%

Top recipients (organizations)

LINDSEY WILSON UNIVERSITY, INC.$7.5M6.2%
COLUMBIA, KY
COLUMBIA HOUSING AUTHORITY$418.7K0.3%
COLUMBIA, KY
ALCO COUNTRY PARTNERS LLLP$343.5K0.3%
COLUMBIA, KY
COLUMBIA HOUSING PARTNERS$291.8K0.2%
COLUMBIA, KY
COLUMBIA PLACE, LLC$212K

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$95.4M79%
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$11.2M9.3%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Education$6.8M5.7%
Farm Service Agency$3.7M3.0%
Department of Agriculture
Health Resources and Services Administration$811.2K

Assistance by fiscal year

114.9MFY2021
99.8MFY2022
107.9MFY2023
119.7MFY2024
126.1MFY2025
121.1MFY2026

County aggregates

88%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Adair County, Kentucky compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Adair County, Kentucky
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
FY2017	-$0.08	$1,436
FY2018	$9.11	$1,552
FY2019	$2.47	$1,654
FY2020	$4.79	$1,880
FY2021	$2.48	$1,810
FY2022	$8.48	$1,917
FY2023	$3.66	$2,079
FY2024	$0	$2,047
FY2025	$0	$2,165
FY2026	$1.11 (partial year)	$1,911

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$668	$5,748
FY2022	$31.14	$5,221
FY2023	$163	$5,364
FY2024	$53.07	$5,501
FY2025	$164	$5,732
FY2026	$79.52

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	-$7.12	$298
FY2022	-$5.86	$357
FY2023	$73.03	$301
FY2024	$4.63	$319
FY2025	$65.50	$360
FY2026	$8.76

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$57.50	$239
FY2022	$53.63	$185
FY2023	$75.06	$229
FY2024	$73.22	$229
FY2025	$90.35	$249
FY2026	$83.21

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$2.62	$2,304
FY2022	-$2.60	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$0	$2,267
FY2025	$27.21	$2,397
FY2026	$41.73

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
FY2021	$760	$1,186
FY2022	$197	$465
FY2023	-$8.47	$76.52
FY2024	$0	$120
FY2025	$121	$148
FY2026	$5.56

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Adair County, Kentucky
United States
Years with money loaded

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Adair County, Kentucky and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−0.7%	2.0%
2015

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/21001

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Adair County, Kentucky is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

James ComerR-KY-1 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 2.4%

Senate

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Cities and towns in Adair County

Places whose residents live mostly in Adair County, largest first.

Columbia4,808

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
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Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−6.6%	−4.2%
2015	−4.2%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+0.8%	+3.3%
2018	+5.6%	+6.8%
2019	+7.1%	+10.5%
2020	+14.1%	+19.4%
2021	+17.2%	+26.1%
2022	+24.2%	+30.6%
2023	+31.3%	+35.0%
2024	+34.7%	+41.0%
2025	+41.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−2.7%	−5.5%
2015	+1.5%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+5.4%	+4.1%
2018	+10.1%	+8.9%
2019	+13.8%	+13.5%
2020	+28.8%	+20.8%
2021	+41.9%	+32.1%
2022	+42.6%	+35.4%
2023	+50.7%	+42.9%
2024	+61.1%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	0.0/1k	3.3/1k
2015	0.0/1k	3.7/1k
2016	0.4/1k	3.7/1k
2017	0.1/1k	3.9/1k
2018	0.0/1k	4.1/1k
2019	0.0/1k	4.2/1k
2020	0.0/1k	4.4/1k
2021	0.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	0.0/1k	5.0/1k
2023	0.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	0.2/1k	4.3/1k
2025	0.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	−7.0%	−6.9%
2015	−5.7%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+3.2%	+4.7%
2018	+10.2%	+7.5%
2019	+11.0%	+14.0%
2020	+25.1%	+16.9%
2021	+24.1%	+21.0%
2022	+30.1%	+29.7%
2023	+35.5%	+34.9%
2024	+49.1%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	26.3%	15.5%
2015	27.2%	14.7%
2016	26.1%	14.0%
2017	22.5%	13.4%
2018	23.8%	13.1%
2019	21.4%	12.3%
2020	22.1%	11.9%
2021	24.2%	12.8%
2022	22.1%	12.6%
2023	22.1%	12.5%
2024	21.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	8.6%	6.2%
2015	7.1%	5.3%
2016	6.0%	4.9%
2017	5.3%	4.4%
2018	4.4%	3.9%
2019	4.7%	3.7%
2020	6.4%	8.1%
2021	4.3%	5.4%
2022	4.3%	3.7%
2023	4.6%	3.6%
2024	5.0%	4.0%
2025	4.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	—	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	—	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+5.8% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+5.2% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+22.8% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+44.9% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+65.5% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+61.8% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+69.0% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+66.2% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	12.2%	13.5%
2015	8.3%	10.9%
2016	7.2%	10.0%
2017	6.7%	10.2%
2018	7.8%	10.4%
2019	8.5%	10.8%
2020	7.6%	10.4%
2021	7.9%	10.2%
2022	7.4%	9.5%
2023	7.1%	9.5%
2024	9.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Adair County, Kentucky	United States
2014	5.2/1k	8.5/1k
2015	5.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	6.1/1k	9.1/1k
2017	6.3/1k	9.8/1k
2018	6.2/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.2/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.1/1k	13.1/1k
2021	6.8/1k	16.2/1k
2022	9.5/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	10.1/1k	15.4/1k
2025	10.7/1k	16.6/1k

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