Jury Pool Profile

Johnson County, Kentucky

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 22,464
Median household income: $43,014
Unemployment: 6.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,423 95.4%
Black or African American alone 126 0.6%
Asian alone 251 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
Some other race alone 23 0.1%
Two or more races 607 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 120 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 5,001 22.3%
18–24 1,651 7.3%
25–44 5,357 23.8%
45–64 6,244 27.8%
65 and over 4,211 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.6%; +2.16 pp vs. state
County GDP: $619.4M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,878
Establishments: 640

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,579 29.5%
Education & health services 934 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 571 10.7%
Public administration 437 8.2%
Professional & business services 246 4.6%
Financial activities 196 3.7%
Construction 148 2.8%
Other services 136 2.5%
Information 106 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 40 0.7%
Manufacturing 26 0.5%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.4%
Median gross rent: $698
Owner-occupied: 5,872
Renter-occupied: 2,971

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,622 votes cast

Republican 8,150 84.7%
Democratic 1,350 14.0%
Other / third-party 122 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Chinese 123 0.6%
Other Indo-European 79 0.4%
Spanish 66 0.3%
Arabic 60 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 49 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,843
Family households: 6,233; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,742
Single-mother households: 656
Veterans: 865; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,086 22.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,008 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 409 1.8%
Catholic 265 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 24.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Inez, Louisa, Paintsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 17.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023