Jury Pool Profile

Caldwell County, Kentucky

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 12,631
Median household income: $57,618
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,494 91.0%
Black or African American alone 627 5.0%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
Some other race alone 212 1.7%
Two or more races 296 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 299 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 2,903 23.0%
18–24 923 7.3%
25–44 2,764 21.9%
45–64 3,374 26.7%
65 and over 2,667 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; -0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $543.0M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,790
Establishments: 380

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,183 25.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,034 22.0%
Education & health services 585 12.5%
Leisure & hospitality 431 9.2%
Professional & business services 430 9.2%
Financial activities 216 4.6%
Public administration 199 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 110 2.3%
Other services 89 1.9%
Construction 68 1.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.8%
Median gross rent: $724
Owner-occupied: 3,723
Renter-occupied: 1,464

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,188 votes cast

Republican 4,860 78.5%
Democratic 1,256 20.3%
Other / third-party 72 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 238 2.0%
German 151 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,187
Family households: 3,552; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,677
Single-mother households: 357
Veterans: 686; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

97.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,179 80.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,055 8.3%
Black Protestant 646 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 225 1.8%
Catholic 218 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 26.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 56th 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: Cadiz, Eddyville, Princeton, Smithland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 61.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023