Jury Pool Profile

Henderson County, Kentucky

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 44,493
Median household income: $58,239
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,187 85.8%
Black or African American alone 3,032 6.8%
Asian alone 104 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 159 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 83 0.2%
Some other race alone 561 1.3%
Two or more races 2,367 5.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,436 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 10,127 22.8%
18–24 3,276 7.4%
25–44 10,983 24.7%
45–64 11,748 26.4%
65 and over 8,359 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.93% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,781
Establishments: 1,442

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,003 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,507 18.8%
Education & health services 2,132 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,774 9.5%
Professional & business services 1,470 7.9%
Construction 978 5.2%
Financial activities 736 3.9%
Public administration 718 3.8%
Other services 677 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 180 1.0%
Information 142 0.8%
Unclassified 8 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.3%
Median gross rent: $794
Owner-occupied: 11,872
Renter-occupied: 6,586

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,684 votes cast

Republican 12,592 64.0%
Democratic 6,837 34.7%
Other / third-party 255 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 875 2.1%
German 148 0.4%
Slavic languages 43 0.1%
Korean 35 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 33 0.1%
Other Indo-European 10 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,458
Family households: 12,126; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 9,273
Single-mother households: 1,293
Veterans: 2,060; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,340 34.2%
Catholic 4,898 10.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,818 8.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 983 2.2%
Black Protestant 822 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 24.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 51st 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: Henderson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 26.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023