Jury Pool Profile

Bourbon County, Kentucky

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 20,174
Median household income: $56,322
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,377 86.1%
Black or African American alone 964 4.8%
Asian alone 35 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 487 2.4%
Two or more races 1,258 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,523 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 4,605 22.8%
18–24 1,684 8.3%
25–44 4,509 22.4%
45–64 5,439 27.0%
65 and over 3,937 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,178
Establishments: 646

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,848 26.1%
Manufacturing 1,125 15.9%
Leisure & hospitality 738 10.4%
Natural resources & mining 680 9.6%
Education & health services 649 9.2%
Professional & business services 358 5.0%
Public administration 322 4.5%
Construction 318 4.5%
Financial activities 198 2.8%
Other services 165 2.3%
Unclassified 33 0.5%
Information 27 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.8%
Median gross rent: $745
Owner-occupied: 5,269
Renter-occupied: 2,859

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,535 votes cast

Republican 6,284 65.9%
Democratic 3,088 32.4%
Other / third-party 163 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 849 4.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 127 0.7%
German 89 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 25 0.1%
Chinese 24 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.0%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%
Other 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,128
Family households: 5,215; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,743
Single-mother households: 393
Veterans: 718; 4.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,189 25.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,173 10.7%
Catholic 730 3.6%
Black Protestant 544 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 451 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.2%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Georgetown, Paris, Versailles

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 32.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023