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Jury Pool Profile

Adair County, Kentucky

Republican +71 (2024)
Population
19,016
Median household income
$50,316
Unemployment
4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 17,366 91.3%
  • Black or African American alone 342 1.8%
  • Asian alone 53 0.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 53 0.3%
  • Some other race alone 200 1.1%
  • Two or more races 999 5.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 626 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

  • Under 18 3,781 19.9%
  • 18–24 2,429 12.8%
  • 25–44 4,186 22.0%
  • 45–64 4,885 25.7%
  • 65 and over 3,735 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.8%
+0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP
$570.2M
0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay
$41,613
Establishments
508

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 1,476 29.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,000 20.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 443 8.9%
  • Manufacturing 340 6.9%
  • Financial activities 260 5.2%
  • Public administration 260 5.2%
  • Professional & business services 219 4.4%
  • Construction 188 3.8%
  • Other services 83 1.7%
  • Information 30 0.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 25 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
76.2%
Median gross rent
$775
Owner-occupied
5,325
Renter-occupied
1,661

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,971 votes cast

  • Republican 7,643 85.2%
  • Democratic 1,257 14.0%
  • Other / third-party 71 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 325 1.8%
  • German 129 0.7%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 90 0.5%
  • Other 41 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 21 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
6,986
Family households
4,482
64.2% of households
Married w/ children
3,636
Single-mother households
257
Veterans
1,224
8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,039 21.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,962 10.4%
  • Catholic 125 0.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.1%
With a disability
23.5%
Bachelor's or higher
18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
29th 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
Columbia, Liberty

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
3
19.69 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Adair County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.