Jury Pool Profile

Graves County, Kentucky

Republican +62 (2024)

Population: 36,612
Median household income: $50,576
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,666 86.5%
Black or African American alone 1,493 4.1%
Asian alone 166 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 77 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,015 2.8%
Two or more races 2,195 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,838 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40

Under 18 8,884 24.3%
18–24 2,841 7.8%
25–44 8,598 23.5%
45–64 9,580 26.2%
65 and over 6,709 18.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,028
Establishments: 1,042

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,845 23.8%
Manufacturing 2,303 19.3%
Education & health services 1,629 13.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,181 9.9%
Professional & business services 895 7.5%
Public administration 553 4.6%
Construction 410 3.4%
Financial activities 384 3.2%
Other services 298 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 229 1.9%
Information 112 0.9%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $713
Owner-occupied: 10,810
Renter-occupied: 3,342

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,678 votes cast

Republican 13,378 80.2%
Democratic 3,105 18.6%
Other / third-party 195 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,663 4.9%
German 220 0.6%
Other Indo-European 59 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 53 0.2%
Chinese 22 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,152
Family households: 9,366; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,407
Single-mother households: 869
Veterans: 1,906; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,779 56.7%
Catholic 2,763 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 1,701 4.6%
Black Protestant 972 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 581 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.9%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 52nd 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: Mayfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 7.21 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023