Jury Pool Profile

Breathitt County, Kentucky

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 13,438
Median household income: $41,101
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,967 96.5%
Black or African American alone 73 0.5%
Asian alone 102 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 9 0.1%
Two or more races 268 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 155 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 2,806 20.9%
18–24 912 6.8%
25–44 3,405 25.3%
45–64 3,851 28.7%
65 and over 2,464 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +2.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $306.9M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,008
Establishments: 354

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 816 31.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 638 24.2%
Public administration 368 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 144 5.5%
Financial activities 96 3.6%
Professional & business services 68 2.6%
Construction 53 2.0%
Other services 41 1.6%
Information 10 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.3%
Median gross rent: $543
Owner-occupied: 4,112
Renter-occupied: 1,420

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,113 votes cast

Republican 4,036 78.9%
Democratic 1,002 19.6%
Other / third-party 75 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 51 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 50 0.4%
Chinese 32 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,532
Family households: 3,588; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,580
Single-mother households: 288
Veterans: 442; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

17.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,691 12.3%
Mainline Protestant 704 5.1%
Catholic 31 0.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.3%
With a disability: 31.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 39th 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: Campton, Jackson, Stanton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 65.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023