Jury Pool Profile
Ballard County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Wickliffe
- Judicial district
- 1st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 7,594
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 7,654.
At a glance
Ballard County is a 7,594-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,431, $3,050 below the KY state median of $64,481; 18.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 27.2% of covered employment, average pay $84,506/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.81%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 77% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 7,654
- Median household income
- $66,164
- Unemployment
- 4.8%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 4%.
Ballard County has a population of 7,654, with a median age of 45.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.8%; Black residents 3.6%. Independently, 1.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,431; 18.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 27% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 27.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.81%, above the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Ballard County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.5% in 2024, 79.4% in 2020, 77.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 5.8% of the adult civilian population (354 individuals).