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Jury Pool Profile

Floyd County, Kentucky

Republican +59 (2024)
Population
35,342
Median household income
$41,582
Unemployment
6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 34,138 96.6%
  • Black or African American alone 223 0.6%
  • Asian alone 126 0.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 59 0.2%
  • Two or more races 771 2.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 330 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

  • Under 18 7,806 22.1%
  • 18–24 2,527 7.2%
  • 25–44 8,427 23.8%
  • 45–64 9,708 27.5%
  • 65 and over 6,874 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
6.3%
+1.82 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.4B
0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay
$47,449
Establishments
1,160

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 3,180 28.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,358 21.1%
  • Professional & business services 974 8.7%
  • Public administration 883 7.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 701 6.3%
  • Construction 407 3.6%
  • Information 394 3.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 298 2.7%
  • Financial activities 249 2.2%
  • Other services 223 2.0%
  • Manufacturing 197 1.8%
  • Unclassified 3 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
72.1%
Median gross rent
$713
Owner-occupied
10,429
Renter-occupied
4,031

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,650 votes cast

  • Republican 12,326 78.8%
  • Democratic 3,061 19.6%
  • Other / third-party 263 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

  • Other Asian/Pacific 88 0.3%
  • Spanish 67 0.2%
  • Other Indo-European 53 0.2%
  • German 42 0.1%
  • Arabic 32 0.1%
  • Tagalog 13 0.0%
  • Chinese 9 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
14,460
Family households
10,060
69.6% of households
Married w/ children
7,225
Single-mother households
895
Veterans
1,300
4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.3% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 9,230 25.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,190 6.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 320 0.9%
  • Catholic 226 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.6%
With a disability
26.6%
Bachelor's or higher
15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
31st Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
2 (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
Prestonsburg
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
16
58.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
13

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Floyd 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.