Jury Pool Profile

Barren County, Kentucky

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 44,670
Median household income: $49,171
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,673 88.8%
Black or African American alone 1,652 3.7%
Asian alone 348 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 176 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 566 1.3%
Two or more races 2,255 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,904 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 10,610 23.8%
18–24 3,196 7.2%
25–44 11,230 25.1%
45–64 11,632 26.0%
65 and over 8,002 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,346
Establishments: 1,306

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,073 26.4%
Education & health services 2,889 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,114 13.7%
Manufacturing 1,819 11.8%
Construction 719 4.7%
Professional & business services 645 4.2%
Financial activities 620 4.0%
Public administration 599 3.9%
Other services 277 1.8%
Information 237 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 98 0.6%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.2%
Median gross rent: $784
Owner-occupied: 11,711
Renter-occupied: 6,261

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,799 votes cast

Republican 15,019 75.9%
Democratic 4,565 23.1%
Other / third-party 215 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,205 2.9%
German 605 1.4%
Other Indo-European 149 0.4%
Slavic languages 101 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 70 0.2%
Tagalog 54 0.1%
Other 47 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,972
Family households: 12,129; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 8,715
Single-mother households: 1,364
Veterans: 1,999; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,135 31.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,226 5.0%
Catholic 1,404 3.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 857 1.9%
Black Protestant 500 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 43rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Edmonton, Glasgow

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 35.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023