Jury Pool Profile

Hardin County, Kentucky

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 111,452
Median household income: $67,608
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 85,453 76.7%
Black or African American alone 12,926 11.6%
Asian alone 2,160 1.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 230 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 401 0.4%
Some other race alone 1,658 1.5%
Two or more races 8,624 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,007 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.4

Under 18 27,643 24.8%
18–24 9,413 8.4%
25–44 29,738 26.7%
45–64 28,202 25.3%
65 and over 16,456 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.3B; 2.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,787
Establishments: 3,704

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 8,678 17.7%
Manufacturing 8,654 17.7%
Education & health services 7,231 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 5,670 11.6%
Public administration 5,241 10.7%
Professional & business services 5,121 10.5%
Construction 1,971 4.0%
Financial activities 1,853 3.8%
Other services 1,063 2.2%
Information 514 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 86 0.2%
Unclassified 26 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 62.3%
Median gross rent: $947
Owner-occupied: 27,100
Renter-occupied: 16,385

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 48,060 votes cast

Republican 30,672 63.8%
Democratic 16,572 34.5%
Other / third-party 816 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,588 3.4%
German 1,224 1.2%
Other Indo-European 525 0.5%
Korean 446 0.4%
Tagalog 400 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 354 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 124 0.1%
Other 105 0.1%
Chinese 100 0.1%
Vietnamese 98 0.1%
Slavic languages 57 0.1%
Arabic 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,485
Family households: 28,253; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 20,140
Single-mother households: 3,123
Veterans: 12,412; 15.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 34,335 31.0%
Catholic 6,440 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 4,417 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,956 1.8%
Black Protestant 1,456 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 17.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Elizabethtown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 31.02 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 24

NHTSA FARS 2023