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Jury Pool Profile

Fayette County, Kentucky

Democratic +18 (2024)
Population
321,122
Median household income
$67,631
Unemployment
3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 224,558 69.9%
  • Black or African American alone 46,225 14.4%
  • Asian alone 13,385 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 745 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 48 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 11,243 3.5%
  • Two or more races 24,918 7.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,571 9.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.2

  • Under 18 67,742 21.1%
  • 18–24 43,838 13.7%
  • 25–44 90,250 28.1%
  • 45–64 73,098 22.8%
  • 65 and over 46,194 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.8%
-0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP
$28.9B
9.79% of state
Avg. annual pay
$64,489
Establishments
15,142

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 56,767 27.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 36,346 17.8%
  • Professional & business services 29,797 14.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 24,410 11.9%
  • Manufacturing 11,026 5.4%
  • Construction 10,816 5.3%
  • Financial activities 9,536 4.7%
  • Public administration 6,587 3.2%
  • Other services 6,484 3.2%
  • Information 2,584 1.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,997 1.0%
  • Unclassified 67 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
53.6%
Median gross rent
$1,101
Owner-occupied
73,881
Renter-occupied
63,922

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 143,762 votes cast

  • Democratic 83,387 58.0%
  • Republican 57,347 39.9%
  • Other / third-party 3,028 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 22,331 7.4%
  • Other Indo-European 5,567 1.8%
  • Other 3,738 1.2%
  • Chinese 2,883 1.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2,709 0.9%
  • Arabic 2,444 0.8%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 2,002 0.7%
  • Slavic languages 1,243 0.4%
  • German 819 0.3%
  • Korean 649 0.2%
  • Tagalog 478 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 251 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
137,803
Family households
75,390
54.7% of households
Married w/ children
53,823
Single-mother households
8,240
Veterans
13,857
5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.4% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 76,349 23.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 28,650 8.9%
  • Catholic 23,544 7.3%
  • Black Protestant 14,672 4.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,378 3.8%
  • Orthodox 644 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.2%
With a disability
12.8%
Bachelor's or higher
47.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
22nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
9 (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
Lexington
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
49
19.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
49

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Fayette County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.