Jury Pool Profile

Carter County, Kentucky

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 26,515
Median household income: $50,389
Unemployment: 7.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,357 95.6%
Black or African American alone 120 0.5%
Asian alone 42 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 107 0.4%
Two or more races 878 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 289 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 5,935 22.4%
18–24 2,305 8.7%
25–44 5,945 22.4%
45–64 7,045 26.6%
65 and over 5,285 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.4%; +2.95 pp vs. state
County GDP: $670.6M; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,562
Establishments: 645

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,068 18.9%
Manufacturing 658 11.6%
Leisure & hospitality 630 11.2%
Education & health services 578 10.2%
Professional & business services 567 10.0%
Public administration 333 5.9%
Construction 310 5.5%
Other services 279 4.9%
Financial activities 207 3.7%
Natural resources & mining 86 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $701
Owner-occupied: 8,136
Renter-occupied: 2,235

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,420 votes cast

Republican 8,981 78.6%
Democratic 2,305 20.2%
Other / third-party 134 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

German 171 0.7%
Korean 42 0.2%
Slavic languages 17 0.1%
Other 12 0.0%
Spanish 11 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,371
Family households: 6,963; 67.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,533
Single-mother households: 410
Veterans: 1,455; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,585 24.7%
Mainline Protestant 741 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 542 2.0%
Black Protestant 252 0.9%
Catholic 94 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th 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: Grayson, Sandy Hook, West Liberty

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 14.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023