Jury Pool Profile

Knott County, Kentucky

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 14,046
Median household income: $37,736
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,576 96.7%
Black or African American alone 139 1.0%
Asian alone 35 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 81 0.6%
Two or more races 186 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 120 0.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.4

Under 18 2,840 20.2%
18–24 1,396 9.9%
25–44 2,965 21.1%
45–64 4,024 28.6%
65 and over 2,821 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +2.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $273.8M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,628
Establishments: 312

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 658 30.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 300 13.9%
Information 129 6.0%
Leisure & hospitality 100 4.6%
Professional & business services 86 4.0%
Construction 65 3.0%
Other services 60 2.8%
Public administration 55 2.6%
Financial activities 47 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.8%
Median gross rent: $731
Owner-occupied: 3,858
Renter-occupied: 1,590

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,003 votes cast

Republican 4,732 78.8%
Democratic 1,181 19.7%
Other / third-party 90 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 99 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.2%
Other 7 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,448
Family households: 3,865; 70.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,716
Single-mother households: 390
Veterans: 447; 4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,635 25.5%
Mainline Protestant 131 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 98.0%
With a disability: 27.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th 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: Hindman, Salyersville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 26.77 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023