Jury Pool Profile

Knox County, Kentucky

Republican +71 (2024)

Population: 30,034
Median household income: $33,153
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,754 95.7%
Black or African American alone 252 0.8%
Asian alone 30 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.1%
Some other race alone 44 0.1%
Two or more races 928 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 365 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 7,084 23.6%
18–24 2,515 8.4%
25–44 7,361 24.5%
45–64 7,876 26.2%
65 and over 5,198 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +1.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $836.8M; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,409
Establishments: 622

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,961 38.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,468 19.1%
Manufacturing 1,086 14.1%
Professional & business services 617 8.0%
Leisure & hospitality 570 7.4%
Public administration 373 4.9%
Financial activities 184 2.4%
Construction 155 2.0%
Other services 66 0.9%
Information 42 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 26 0.3%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 65.6%
Median gross rent: $631
Owner-occupied: 7,425
Renter-occupied: 3,901

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,156 votes cast

Republican 11,178 85.0%
Democratic 1,821 13.8%
Other / third-party 157 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 248 0.9%
Slavic languages 39 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 30 0.1%
Tagalog 21 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
German 7 0.0%
Other 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,326
Family households: 7,467; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,760
Single-mother households: 716
Veterans: 1,002; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 16,718 55.4%
Mainline Protestant 733 2.4%
Catholic 585 1.9%
Black Protestant 252 0.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 124 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 23.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Barbourville, London

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 17.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023