Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Kentucky

Republican +82 (2024)

Population: 13,003
Median household income: $41,410
Unemployment: 7.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,604 96.9%
Black or African American alone 30 0.2%
Asian alone 14 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 5 0.0%
Two or more races 322 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 125 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 3,038 23.4%
18–24 909 7.0%
25–44 3,136 24.1%
45–64 3,589 27.6%
65 and over 2,331 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.2%; +2.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $206.9M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,276
Establishments: 204

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 351 19.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 321 18.0%
Manufacturing 101 5.7%
Information 67 3.8%
Financial activities 60 3.4%
Natural resources & mining 58 3.3%
Leisure & hospitality 52 2.9%
Construction 46 2.6%
Professional & business services 35 2.0%
Other services 27 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.7%
Median gross rent: $758
Owner-occupied: 3,998
Renter-occupied: 1,017

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,934 votes cast

Republican 5,358 90.3%
Democratic 506 8.5%
Other / third-party 70 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

German 72 0.6%
Spanish 41 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,015
Family households: 3,438; 68.6% of households
Married w/ children: 2,516
Single-mother households: 284
Veterans: 537; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,627 28.0%
Mainline Protestant 337 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 225 1.7%
Black Protestant 206 1.6%
Catholic 41 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 23.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 41st 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: Hyden, Manchester, McKee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 50.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023