Jury Pool Profile

Bell County, Kentucky

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 23,878
Median household income: $32,403
Unemployment: 6.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,302 93.4%
Black or African American alone 533 2.2%
Asian alone 33 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 78 0.3%
Two or more races 911 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 177 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 5,207 21.8%
18–24 1,867 7.8%
25–44 5,722 24.0%
45–64 6,588 27.6%
65 and over 4,494 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.4%; +1.94 pp vs. state
County GDP: $997.4M; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,450
Establishments: 612

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,477 29.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,857 22.3%
Manufacturing 1,109 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,011 12.1%
Professional & business services 324 3.9%
Financial activities 292 3.5%
Public administration 267 3.2%
Other services 266 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 237 2.8%
Construction 184 2.2%
Information 12 0.1%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.1%
Median gross rent: $617
Owner-occupied: 5,817
Renter-occupied: 3,709

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,337 votes cast

Republican 7,831 83.9%
Democratic 1,419 15.2%
Other / third-party 87 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 35 0.2%
Tagalog 20 0.1%
German 19 0.1%
Slavic languages 14 0.1%
Korean 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,526
Family households: 5,961; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,697
Single-mother households: 555
Veterans: 714; 3.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

84.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,407 76.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,080 4.5%
Black Protestant 550 2.3%
Catholic 359 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 26.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 44th 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: Pineville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 16.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023