Jury Pool Profile

Bath County, Kentucky

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 12,812
Median household income: $54,128
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,233 95.5%
Black or African American alone 225 1.8%
Asian alone 6 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 138 1.1%
Two or more races 204 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 227 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 3,268 25.5%
18–24 1,023 8.0%
25–44 2,900 22.6%
45–64 3,479 27.2%
65 and over 2,142 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $260.7M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,539
Establishments: 292

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 268 13.6%
Construction 262 13.3%
Education & health services 202 10.3%
Professional & business services 182 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 158 8.0%
Public administration 118 6.0%
Financial activities 80 4.1%
Other services 40 2.0%
Information 17 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $600
Owner-occupied: 3,453
Renter-occupied: 1,290

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,389 votes cast

Republican 4,041 75.0%
Democratic 1,278 23.7%
Other / third-party 70 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

German 423 3.5%
Spanish 223 1.9%
Other 9 0.1%
Korean 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,743
Family households: 3,244; 68.4% of households
Married w/ children: 2,458
Single-mother households: 220
Veterans: 442; 4.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,387 34.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 361 2.8%
Mainline Protestant 88 0.7%
Catholic 22 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Frenchburg, Morehead, Mount Sterling, Owingsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 31.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023