Jury Pool Profile

Hancock County, Kentucky

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 9,032
Median household income: $66,836
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,535 94.5%
Black or African American alone 100 1.1%
Asian alone 9 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 100 1.1%
Two or more races 285 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 63 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 2,194 24.3%
18–24 694 7.7%
25–44 2,064 22.9%
45–64 2,454 27.2%
65 and over 1,626 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $899.7M; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $80,392
Establishments: 234

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,353 65.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 189 5.2%
Education & health services 186 5.1%
Construction 152 4.2%
Public administration 108 3.0%
Leisure & hospitality 105 2.9%
Professional & business services 87 2.4%
Financial activities 58 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 16 0.4%
Unclassified 2 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $752
Owner-occupied: 2,773
Renter-occupied: 764

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,633 votes cast

Republican 3,375 72.8%
Democratic 1,173 25.3%
Other / third-party 85 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.5% speak only English at home

German 15 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
Korean 11 0.1%
Spanish 4 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,537
Family households: 2,512; 71.0% of households
Married w/ children: 1,831
Single-mother households: 229
Veterans: 597; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

87.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,550 72.0%
Mainline Protestant 784 8.6%
Catholic 653 7.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Hartford, Hawesville, Morgantown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 29.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023