Jury Pool Profile

Breckinridge County, Kentucky

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 20,722
Median household income: $53,673
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,564 94.4%
Black or African American alone 341 1.6%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 124 0.6%
Two or more races 686 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 327 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 4,658 22.5%
18–24 1,776 8.6%
25–44 4,495 21.7%
45–64 5,661 27.3%
65 and over 4,132 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.97 pp vs. state
County GDP: $540.7M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,778
Establishments: 442

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 884 23.8%
Education & health services 631 17.0%
Construction 344 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 294 7.9%
Manufacturing 241 6.5%
Public administration 193 5.2%
Financial activities 192 5.2%
Professional & business services 141 3.8%
Other services 62 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 35 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.0%
Median gross rent: $730
Owner-occupied: 6,272
Renter-occupied: 1,375

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,046 votes cast

Republican 7,882 78.5%
Democratic 2,038 20.3%
Other / third-party 126 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

German 360 1.8%
Spanish 157 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 56 0.3%
Other 18 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,647
Family households: 5,112; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 4,149
Single-mother households: 416
Veterans: 1,494; 9.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,046 29.6%
Catholic 2,914 14.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,697 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 175 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 22.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 46th 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: Brandenburg, Hardinsburg, Leitchfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 68.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023