Jury Pool Profile

Hart County, Kentucky

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 19,470
Median household income: $49,653
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,784 91.3%
Black or African American alone 897 4.6%
Asian alone 107 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 194 1.0%
Two or more races 464 2.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 384 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 4,755 24.4%
18–24 1,526 7.8%
25–44 4,492 23.1%
45–64 5,368 27.6%
65 and over 3,329 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $843.3M; 0.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,189
Establishments: 417

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,590 49.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 599 11.4%
Education & health services 376 7.1%
Leisure & hospitality 368 7.0%
Public administration 157 3.0%
Financial activities 100 1.9%
Professional & business services 76 1.4%
Other services 67 1.3%
Information 27 0.5%
Unclassified 3 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.7%
Median gross rent: $692
Owner-occupied: 5,323
Renter-occupied: 1,899

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,409 votes cast

Republican 6,691 79.6%
Democratic 1,642 19.5%
Other / third-party 76 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

German 1,039 5.7%
Spanish 74 0.4%
Chinese 49 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 32 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.1%
Tagalog 23 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,222
Family households: 4,854; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,731
Single-mother households: 495
Veterans: 1,056; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,985 41.4%
Mainline Protestant 779 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 172 0.9%
Catholic 150 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 22.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: Bardstown, Hodgenville, Munfordville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 27.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023