Jury Pool Profile
Grant County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Williamstown
- Judicial district
- 15th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 26,181
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 25,418.
At a glance
Grant County is a 26,181-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $67,881, $3,400 above the KY state median of $64,481; 15.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 20.3% of covered employment, average pay $45,024/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.32%, below the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 25,418
- Median household income
- $69,178
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 1%.
Grant County has a population of 25,418, with a median age of 36.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.6%; Black residents 0.9%. Independently, 3.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $67,881; 15.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.5% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 1,370, Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,150.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 20.3% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 19.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.32%, below the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 79%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Grant County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 81.7% in 2024, 78.5% in 2020, 76.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
2.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.0% of the adult civilian population (1,122 individuals).