Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Kentucky

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 51,563
Median household income: $66,470
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,132 81.7%
Black or African American alone 4,757 9.2%
Asian alone 966 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 51 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 116 0.2%
Some other race alone 903 1.8%
Two or more races 2,638 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,109 4.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 10,839 21.0%
18–24 4,471 8.7%
25–44 13,300 25.8%
45–64 13,468 26.1%
65 and over 9,485 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.6B; 1.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,163
Establishments: 2,802

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 10,346 29.7%
Professional & business services 5,912 17.0%
Education & health services 3,981 11.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,797 10.9%
Manufacturing 3,361 9.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,788 8.0%
Financial activities 1,012 2.9%
Construction 953 2.7%
Other services 748 2.1%
Information 482 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 74 0.2%
Unclassified 44 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.4%
Median gross rent: $946
Owner-occupied: 14,514
Renter-occupied: 8,034

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,749 votes cast

Republican 13,246 51.4%
Democratic 11,996 46.6%
Other / third-party 507 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,417 2.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 419 0.9%
Tagalog 333 0.7%
Other Indo-European 309 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 203 0.4%
German 151 0.3%
Other 147 0.3%
Arabic 68 0.1%
Slavic languages 33 0.1%
Chinese 13 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 22,548
Family households: 13,369; 59.3% of households
Married w/ children: 9,310
Single-mother households: 1,623
Veterans: 2,701; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 14,433 28.0%
Mainline Protestant 4,586 8.9%
Catholic 1,679 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,400 2.7%
Black Protestant 1,150 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 17.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 48th 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: Frankfort

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 12.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023