Jury Pool Profile

Kenton County, Kentucky

Republican +22 (2024)

Population: 169,817
Median household income: $79,421
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 147,989 87.1%
Black or African American alone 7,120 4.2%
Asian alone 2,129 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 274 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 151 0.1%
Some other race alone 3,272 1.9%
Two or more races 8,882 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,758 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 39,989 23.5%
18–24 13,608 8.0%
25–44 47,964 28.2%
45–64 42,176 24.8%
65 and over 26,080 15.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $12.4B; 4.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $71,985
Establishments: 5,970

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 16,867 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 15,050 20.2%
Professional & business services 10,896 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 8,737 11.7%
Manufacturing 7,093 9.5%
Financial activities 5,083 6.8%
Public administration 4,550 6.1%
Construction 3,440 4.6%
Other services 2,107 2.8%
Information 775 1.0%
Unclassified 36 0.0%
Natural resources & mining 21 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.0%
Median gross rent: $1,018
Owner-occupied: 47,340
Renter-occupied: 20,253

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 80,875 votes cast

Republican 48,444 59.9%
Democratic 30,859 38.2%
Other / third-party 1,572 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,175 2.6%
Other 1,101 0.7%
Arabic 676 0.4%
Other Indo-European 514 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 512 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 487 0.3%
Chinese 336 0.2%
German 328 0.2%
Vietnamese 237 0.1%
Slavic languages 191 0.1%
Korean 132 0.1%
Tagalog 91 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 67,593
Family households: 42,406; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 31,378
Single-mother households: 3,691
Veterans: 7,832; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 40,857 24.2%
Evangelical Protestant 21,064 12.5%
Mainline Protestant 7,285 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,722 1.6%
Black Protestant 1,154 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 13.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 16th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (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: Covington and Independence

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 5.39 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023