Jury Pool Profile

Jessamine County, Kentucky

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 53,792
Median household income: $74,886
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 47,460 88.2%
Black or African American alone 2,135 4.0%
Asian alone 881 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 16 0.0%
Some other race alone 573 1.1%
Two or more races 2,696 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,467 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

Under 18 12,825 23.8%
18–24 4,815 9.0%
25–44 13,765 25.6%
45–64 13,824 25.7%
65 and over 8,563 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.1B; 1.03% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,048
Establishments: 1,973

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,810 25.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,393 12.8%
Education & health services 2,340 12.5%
Manufacturing 2,274 12.2%
Construction 1,532 8.2%
Professional & business services 1,349 7.2%
Public administration 633 3.4%
Other services 598 3.2%
Financial activities 581 3.1%
Information 120 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 117 0.6%
Unclassified 14 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.3%
Median gross rent: $994
Owner-occupied: 13,607
Renter-occupied: 6,038

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,644 votes cast

Republican 17,854 67.0%
Democratic 8,303 31.2%
Other / third-party 487 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,825 3.6%
Slavic languages 1,001 2.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 463 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 147 0.3%
Other Indo-European 96 0.2%
Chinese 74 0.1%
Other 45 0.1%
Arabic 38 0.1%
German 37 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,645
Family households: 13,699; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 10,519
Single-mother households: 1,032
Veterans: 2,711; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 24,789 46.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,371 4.5%
Catholic 840 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 605 1.1%
Black Protestant 550 1.0%
Orthodox 260 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Lancaster, Nicholasville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 12.2 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023