Jury Pool Profile

Harlan County, Kentucky

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 26,185
Median household income: $37,198
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,696 94.3%
Black or African American alone 387 1.5%
Asian alone 63 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
Some other race alone 62 0.2%
Two or more races 939 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 6,181 23.6%
18–24 1,691 6.5%
25–44 6,324 24.2%
45–64 6,968 26.6%
65 and over 5,021 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +2.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $759.8M; 0.26% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,461
Establishments: 525

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,956 31.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,118 17.8%
Natural resources & mining 550 8.8%
Leisure & hospitality 474 7.5%
Professional & business services 332 5.3%
Public administration 282 4.5%
Financial activities 125 2.0%
Other services 123 2.0%
Construction 86 1.4%
Manufacturing 79 1.3%
Information 39 0.6%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.8%
Median gross rent: $651
Owner-occupied: 7,437
Renter-occupied: 3,063

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,384 votes cast

Republican 9,109 87.7%
Democratic 1,199 11.5%
Other / third-party 76 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 35 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 34 0.1%
Vietnamese 31 0.1%
Other Indo-European 28 0.1%
Tagalog 25 0.1%
German 18 0.1%
Slavic languages 14 0.1%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,500
Family households: 7,074; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 5,066
Single-mother households: 508
Veterans: 1,214; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,776 43.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,267 4.7%
Black Protestant 618 2.3%
Catholic 137 0.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 81 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 27.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th 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: Harlan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 20 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023