Jury Pool Profile

Garrard County, Kentucky

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 17,346
Median household income: $62,572
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,044 92.5%
Black or African American alone 384 2.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 33 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 277 1.6%
Two or more races 608 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 468 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 3,802 21.9%
18–24 1,212 7.0%
25–44 4,067 23.4%
45–64 5,077 29.3%
65 and over 3,188 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $431.8M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,370
Establishments: 424

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Construction 595 21.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 487 17.7%
Education & health services 312 11.3%
Professional & business services 195 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 153 5.5%
Public administration 148 5.4%
Manufacturing 127 4.6%
Other services 78 2.8%
Financial activities 72 2.6%
Information 36 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 17 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $793
Owner-occupied: 5,284
Renter-occupied: 1,341

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,917 votes cast

Republican 7,086 79.5%
Democratic 1,719 19.3%
Other / third-party 112 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 301 1.8%
Slavic languages 140 0.9%
German 99 0.6%
Other Indo-European 53 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 12 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,625
Family households: 4,791; 72.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,785
Single-mother households: 283
Veterans: 1,243; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,621 45.0%
Mainline Protestant 820 4.8%
Catholic 80 0.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.8%
With a disability: 19.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Lancaster, Nicholasville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 14.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023