Jury Pool Profile

Hickman County, Kentucky

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 4,470
Median household income: $63,750
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 3,863 86.4%
Black or African American alone 412 9.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 38 0.9%
Two or more races 150 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 108 2.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 889 19.9%
18–24 307 6.9%
25–44 979 21.9%
45–64 1,143 25.6%
65 and over 1,152 25.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $280.4M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,176
Establishments: 111

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 194 20.4%
Education & health services 165 17.4%
Financial activities 92 9.7%
Natural resources & mining 86 9.0%
Professional & business services 56 5.9%
Public administration 31 3.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.8%
Median gross rent: $717
Owner-occupied: 1,226
Renter-occupied: 414

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,069 votes cast

Republican 1,656 80.0%
Democratic 394 19.0%
Other / third-party 19 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 68 1.6%
Slavic languages 6 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
Other Indo-European 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 1,640
Family households: 1,092; 66.6% of households
Married w/ children: 857
Single-mother households: 88
Veterans: 192; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

111.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,935 87.0%
Mainline Protestant 554 12.3%
Black Protestant 348 7.7%
Catholic 188 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 22.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 1st 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: Bardwell, Clinton, Hickman, Wickliffe

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 55.85 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023