Jury Pool Profile

Hopkins County, Kentucky

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 45,143
Median household income: $57,610
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,706 88.0%
Black or African American alone 2,758 6.1%
Asian alone 225 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 374 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 182 0.4%
Two or more races 1,894 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,140 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 10,427 23.1%
18–24 3,316 7.3%
25–44 11,026 24.4%
45–64 11,849 26.2%
65 and over 8,525 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,831
Establishments: 1,209

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,954 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,357 24.9%
Manufacturing 2,059 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,419 8.1%
Construction 973 5.6%
Professional & business services 824 4.7%
Public administration 719 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 697 4.0%
Other services 566 3.2%
Financial activities 481 2.7%
Information 69 0.4%
Unclassified 2 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.8%
Median gross rent: $841
Owner-occupied: 13,037
Renter-occupied: 5,132

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,532 votes cast

Republican 15,361 74.8%
Democratic 4,916 23.9%
Other / third-party 255 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 540 1.3%
Chinese 124 0.3%
German 85 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 71 0.2%
Slavic languages 68 0.2%
Tagalog 28 0.1%
Other 13 0.0%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,169
Family households: 12,091; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 8,876
Single-mother households: 1,228
Veterans: 1,869; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

62.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,690 45.5%
Mainline Protestant 3,742 8.2%
Black Protestant 2,368 5.2%
Catholic 870 1.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 621 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 26.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th 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: Madisonville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 17.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023