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Jury Pool Profile

Bracken County, Kentucky

Republican +65 (2024)
Population
8,427
Median household income
$59,521
Unemployment
5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 8,039 95.4%
  • Black or African American alone 102 1.2%
  • Asian alone 0 0.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 91 1.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 10 0.1%
  • Two or more races 185 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 78 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

  • Under 18 1,989 23.6%
  • 18–24 608 7.2%
  • 25–44 2,001 23.7%
  • 45–64 2,343 27.8%
  • 65 and over 1,486 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
5.5%
+1.06 pp vs. state
County GDP
$219.5M
0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,259
Establishments
222

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 532 34.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 201 13.1%
  • Public administration 126 8.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 110 7.2%
  • Construction 81 5.3%
  • Professional & business services 59 3.8%
  • Financial activities 39 2.5%
  • Other services 30 2.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
77.6%
Median gross rent
$748
Owner-occupied
2,533
Renter-occupied
730

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,146 votes cast

  • Republican 3,399 82.0%
  • Democratic 702 16.9%
  • Other / third-party 45 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 45 0.6%
  • Arabic 17 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
  • Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
3,263
Family households
2,420
74.2% of households
Married w/ children
1,726
Single-mother households
261
Veterans
475
7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 2,227 26.5%
  • Catholic 859 10.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 513 6.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.0%
With a disability
17.4%
Bachelor's or higher
17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
19th 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
Brooksville, Flemingsburg, Maysville

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
3
46.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Bracken County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.