Jury Pool Profile

Boyd County, Kentucky

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 48,043
Median household income: $60,659
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 44,676 93.0%
Black or African American alone 1,029 2.1%
Asian alone 159 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.0%
Some other race alone 480 1.0%
Two or more races 1,649 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 816 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 10,225 21.3%
18–24 3,506 7.3%
25–44 11,684 24.3%
45–64 12,913 26.9%
65 and over 9,715 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +1.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 1.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,231
Establishments: 1,796

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,363 36.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,018 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,188 12.3%
Professional & business services 2,253 8.7%
Construction 1,522 5.9%
Public administration 1,382 5.3%
Manufacturing 1,370 5.3%
Financial activities 825 3.2%
Other services 626 2.4%
Information 213 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 92 0.4%
Unclassified 45 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.4%
Median gross rent: $839
Owner-occupied: 13,006
Renter-occupied: 6,010

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,951 votes cast

Republican 14,363 68.6%
Democratic 6,291 30.0%
Other / third-party 297 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 465 1.0%
German 144 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 87 0.2%
Tagalog 45 0.1%
Arabic 39 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.1%
Slavic languages 19 0.0%
Other Indo-European 16 0.0%
Chinese 13 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,016
Family households: 12,299; 64.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,419
Single-mother households: 1,457
Veterans: 3,135; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,027 39.4%
Mainline Protestant 4,348 9.0%
Catholic 950 2.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 716 1.5%
Black Protestant 202 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 32nd 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: Catlettsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 13.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023