Jury Pool Profile

Christian County, Kentucky

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 72,599
Median household income: $54,190
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 49,182 67.7%
Black or African American alone 14,017 19.3%
Asian alone 916 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 153 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 310 0.4%
Some other race alone 1,715 2.4%
Two or more races 6,306 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,120 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 28.6

Under 18 20,345 28.0%
18–24 10,696 14.7%
25–44 19,795 27.3%
45–64 12,639 17.4%
65 and over 9,124 12.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.9B; 2.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,483
Establishments: 2,207

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,547 20.8%
Education & health services 6,184 19.6%
Manufacturing 6,116 19.4%
Professional & business services 3,353 10.6%
Leisure & hospitality 3,186 10.1%
Public administration 2,265 7.2%
Financial activities 816 2.6%
Construction 719 2.3%
Other services 496 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 208 0.7%
Information 140 0.4%
Unclassified 36 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 52.2%
Median gross rent: $999
Owner-occupied: 13,394
Renter-occupied: 12,282

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,671 votes cast

Republican 14,332 66.1%
Democratic 7,055 32.6%
Other / third-party 284 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,097 4.7%
German 2,281 3.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 310 0.5%
Other Indo-European 290 0.4%
Other 193 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 96 0.1%
Korean 83 0.1%
Chinese 82 0.1%
Tagalog 66 0.1%
Slavic languages 65 0.1%
Vietnamese 54 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 25,676
Family households: 16,935; 66.0% of households
Married w/ children: 11,174
Single-mother households: 2,664
Veterans: 5,180; 11.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

53.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 26,419 36.3%
Mainline Protestant 4,325 5.9%
Catholic 3,766 5.2%
Black Protestant 3,360 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 751 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 18.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Hopkinsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 19.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023