Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Kentucky

Republican +80 (2024)

Population: 20,105
Median household income: $39,607
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,535 92.2%
Black or African American alone 938 4.7%
Asian alone 16 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 24 0.1%
Two or more races 582 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 244 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 4,180 20.8%
18–24 1,392 6.9%
25–44 5,783 28.8%
45–64 5,595 27.8%
65 and over 3,155 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1.99 pp vs. state
County GDP: $454.8M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,485
Establishments: 418

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,113 27.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 679 16.7%
Public administration 533 13.1%
Leisure & hospitality 266 6.5%
Manufacturing 193 4.7%
Professional & business services 176 4.3%
Financial activities 106 2.6%
Construction 101 2.5%
Other services 70 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 22 0.5%
Information 17 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.6%
Median gross rent: $698
Owner-occupied: 5,567
Renter-occupied: 1,611

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,517 votes cast

Republican 6,729 89.5%
Democratic 692 9.2%
Other / third-party 96 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 150 0.8%
French (incl. Cajun) 15 0.1%
German 15 0.1%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,178
Family households: 5,256; 73.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,496
Single-mother households: 740
Veterans: 672; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,156 40.1%
Mainline Protestant 441 2.2%
Black Protestant 216 1.1%
Catholic 59 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 28.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 41st 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: Hyden, Manchester, McKee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 43.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023