Jury Pool Profile
Butler County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Morgantown
- Judicial district
- 38th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 12,520
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 12,393.
At a glance
Butler County is a 12,520-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $60,561, $3,920 below the KY state median of $64,481; 9.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 31.9% of covered employment, average pay $62,284/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.06%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 12,393
- Median household income
- $56,092
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.
Butler County has a population of 12,393, with a median age of 41.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.6%; Black residents 0.0%. Independently, 5.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $60,561; 9.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 32% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 31.9% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 13.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.06%, above the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 81%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Butler County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 82.5% in 2024, 81.0% in 2020, 79.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 9.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
9.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 5.9% of the adult civilian population (564 individuals).