Jury Pool Profile

Ballard County, Kentucky

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 7,678
Median household income: $64,740
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,065 92.0%
Black or African American alone 279 3.6%
Asian alone 26 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3 0.0%
Two or more races 289 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 110 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 1,539 20.0%
18–24 627 8.2%
25–44 1,709 22.3%
45–64 2,117 27.6%
65 and over 1,686 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $354.2M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $63,982
Establishments: 229

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 492 24.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 431 21.6%
Professional & business services 211 10.5%
Construction 159 8.0%
Education & health services 141 7.0%
Leisure & hospitality 66 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 66 3.3%
Public administration 36 1.8%
Financial activities 36 1.8%
Information 30 1.5%
Other services 29 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $826
Owner-occupied: 2,488
Renter-occupied: 633

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,088 votes cast

Republican 3,331 81.5%
Democratic 697 17.0%
Other / third-party 60 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 193 2.6%
Arabic 29 0.4%
Other Indo-European 21 0.3%
Spanish 18 0.2%
Other 15 0.2%
German 10 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,121
Family households: 2,176; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 1,766
Single-mother households: 136
Veterans: 415; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

89.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,880 76.1%
Mainline Protestant 653 8.4%
Catholic 217 2.8%
Black Protestant 160 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 16.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Bardwell, Clinton, Hickman, Wickliffe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 16.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023