Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Kentucky

Democratic +16 (2024)

Population: 777,392
Median household income: $67,849
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 507,893 65.3%
Black or African American alone 170,727 22.0%
Asian alone 22,626 2.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 704 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 322 0.0%
Some other race alone 14,357 1.8%
Two or more races 60,763 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 60,873 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 173,094 22.3%
18–24 64,928 8.4%
25–44 214,655 27.6%
45–64 193,478 24.9%
65 and over 131,237 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $78.8B; 26.68% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,280
Establishments: 33,844

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 111,815 23.2%
Education & health services 91,854 19.0%
Professional & business services 67,575 14.0%
Manufacturing 53,624 11.1%
Leisure & hospitality 51,551 10.7%
Financial activities 34,815 7.2%
Construction 22,906 4.7%
Other services 12,523 2.6%
Public administration 12,306 2.6%
Information 6,805 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 298 0.1%
Unclassified 166 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.8%
Median gross rent: $1,097
Owner-occupied: 203,618
Renter-occupied: 125,774

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 353,609 votes cast

Democratic 203,070 57.4%
Republican 144,553 40.9%
Other / third-party 5,986 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 43,955 6.0%
Other 8,108 1.1%
Other Indo-European 8,056 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 5,777 0.8%
Arabic 4,795 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,360 0.6%
Slavic languages 3,874 0.5%
Vietnamese 2,270 0.3%
German 1,771 0.2%
Tagalog 1,735 0.2%
Chinese 1,573 0.2%
Korean 1,199 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 329,392
Family households: 191,686; 58.2% of households
Married w/ children: 129,210
Single-mother households: 24,839
Veterans: 38,552; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 164,412 21.0%
Catholic 111,207 14.2%
Black Protestant 54,994 7.0%
Mainline Protestant 35,575 4.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 31,092 4.0%
Orthodox 2,581 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 30th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 23 (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: Louisville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 134; 22.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 130

NHTSA FARS 2023