Jury Pool Profile
Hardin County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Elizabethtown
- Judicial district
- 9th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 113,482
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 111,942.
At a glance
Hardin County is a 113,482-person venue. The county population is 76% White and 11% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $70,505, $6,024 above the KY state median of $64,481; 24.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest published sector is Manufacturing, at 18.2% of covered employment, average pay $70,283/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.13%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 61% to 64% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 111,942
- Median household income
- $67,647
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 76% / 11%.
Hardin County has a population of 111,942, with a median age of 37.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 75.9%; Black residents 11.2%. Independently, 6.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $70,505; 24.8% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.7% 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 10,050, Manufacturing about 8,890.
Manufacturing is the largest published sector at 18.2% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.13%, above the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 62%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Hardin County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 63.8% in 2024, 61.0% in 2020, 62.6% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
6.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 15.3% of the adult civilian population (12,344 individuals).