Jury Pool Profile
Bath County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Owingsville
- Judicial district
- 21st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 13,176
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 12,851.
At a glance
Bath County is a 13,176-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $53,078, $11,403 below the KY state median of $64,481; 12.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 14.2% of covered employment, average pay $38,892/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.7%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 67% to 75% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 12,851
- Median household income
- $56,541
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.
Bath County has a population of 12,851, with a median age of 38.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.2%; Black residents 0.7%. Independently, 1.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $53,078; 12.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 22.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 29% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 14.2% of covered employment, followed by Construction at 13.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.7%, above the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 71%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bath County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.0% in 2024, 70.8% in 2020, 67.3% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Korean. Veterans account for 3.5% of the adult civilian population (333 individuals).