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Jury Pool Profile

Henry County, Kentucky

Republican +52 (2024)
Population
15,774
Median household income
$60,736
Unemployment
4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 14,360 91.0%
  • Black or African American alone 425 2.7%
  • Asian alone 83 0.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 223 1.4%
  • Two or more races 682 4.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 606 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

  • Under 18 3,712 23.5%
  • 18–24 1,220 7.7%
  • 25–44 3,609 22.9%
  • 45–64 4,388 27.8%
  • 65 and over 2,845 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.4%
-0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP
$476.3M
0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay
$49,764
Establishments
404

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 654 22.6%
  • Manufacturing 486 16.8%
  • Education & health services 276 9.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 235 8.1%
  • Public administration 191 6.6%
  • Professional & business services 149 5.2%
  • Financial activities 106 3.7%
  • Construction 94 3.3%
  • Other services 77 2.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 24 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
75.8%
Median gross rent
$871
Owner-occupied
4,660
Renter-occupied
1,487

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,074 votes cast

  • Republican 6,093 75.5%
  • Democratic 1,857 23.0%
  • Other / third-party 124 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 435 2.9%
  • German 144 1.0%
  • Korean 57 0.4%
  • Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
6,147
Family households
4,060
66.0% of households
Married w/ children
3,081
Single-mother households
335
Veterans
958
7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 4,567 29.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,167 7.4%
  • Catholic 175 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.2%
With a disability
18.7%
Bachelor's or higher
14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
3 (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
Bedford, La Grange, New Castle

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
5
41.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Henry County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.