Jury Pool Profile

Estill County, Kentucky

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 14,079
Median household income: $43,905
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,569 96.4%
Black or African American alone 16 0.1%
Asian alone 136 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 354 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 131 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.3

Under 18 3,002 21.3%
18–24 922 6.5%
25–44 3,230 22.9%
45–64 4,191 29.8%
65 and over 2,734 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +1.45 pp vs. state
County GDP: $291.9M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,527
Establishments: 264

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 473 20.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 334 14.7%
Leisure & hospitality 255 11.2%
Public administration 104 4.6%
Professional & business services 104 4.6%
Financial activities 92 4.1%
Information 39 1.7%
Construction 38 1.7%
Other services 21 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $689
Owner-occupied: 4,269
Renter-occupied: 1,631

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,289 votes cast

Republican 5,091 81.0%
Democratic 1,114 17.7%
Other / third-party 84 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 122 0.9%
Chinese 102 0.8%
German 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,900
Family households: 4,026; 68.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,894
Single-mother households: 310
Veterans: 621; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,577 32.3%
Mainline Protestant 545 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 184 1.3%
Catholic 59 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 26.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Beattyville, Booneville, Irvine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 9.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023