Jury Pool Profile

Butler County, Kentucky

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 12,373
Median household income: $52,003
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,629 94.0%
Black or African American alone 27 0.2%
Asian alone 29 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 15 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 97 0.8%
Two or more races 576 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 616 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 2,875 23.2%
18–24 820 6.6%
25–44 3,107 25.1%
45–64 3,226 26.1%
65 and over 2,345 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $409.3M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,410
Establishments: 309

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,005 34.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 367 12.5%
Education & health services 334 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 176 6.0%
Professional & business services 128 4.4%
Public administration 121 4.1%
Construction 115 3.9%
Financial activities 84 2.9%
Other services 84 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 29 1.0%
Information 10 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.1%
Median gross rent: $688
Owner-occupied: 3,336
Renter-occupied: 1,225

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,942 votes cast

Republican 4,905 82.5%
Democratic 965 16.2%
Other / third-party 72 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 356 3.1%
German 351 3.0%
Slavic languages 18 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.1%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,561
Family households: 3,116; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,397
Single-mother households: 187
Veterans: 664; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

76.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,348 67.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 540 4.4%
Mainline Protestant 344 2.8%
Black Protestant 150 1.2%
Catholic 100 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.6%
With a disability: 19.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th 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: Hartford, Hawesville, Morgantown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 52.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023