Jury Pool Profile

Laurel County, Kentucky

Republican +70 (2024)

Population: 62,731
Median household income: $56,999
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 60,107 95.8%
Black or African American alone 297 0.5%
Asian alone 190 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 29 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 130 0.2%
Some other race alone 341 0.5%
Two or more races 1,637 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,039 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 14,339 22.9%
18–24 4,892 7.8%
25–44 16,406 26.2%
45–64 16,583 26.4%
65 and over 10,511 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,566
Establishments: 1,793

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 7,194 27.4%
Professional & business services 3,880 14.8%
Education & health services 3,791 14.4%
Manufacturing 3,669 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,531 9.6%
Public administration 915 3.5%
Construction 888 3.4%
Financial activities 809 3.1%
Information 519 2.0%
Other services 392 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 124 0.5%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.5%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 17,041
Renter-occupied: 6,794

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 27,884 votes cast

Republican 23,516 84.3%
Democratic 4,037 14.5%
Other / third-party 331 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 471 0.8%
Chinese 232 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 124 0.2%
German 109 0.2%
Other Indo-European 48 0.1%
Arabic 21 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
Vietnamese 10 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,835
Family households: 16,978; 71.2% of households
Married w/ children: 12,212
Single-mother households: 1,527
Veterans: 2,609; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 23,554 37.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,257 2.0%
Black Protestant 936 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 826 1.3%
Catholic 406 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 18.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.5%

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: 9; 18.6 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023