Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, Kentucky

Republican +67 (2024)

Population: 16,171
Median household income: $45,584
Unemployment: 7.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,742 97.3%
Black or African American alone 8 0.0%
Asian alone 190 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 0 0.0%
Two or more races 218 1.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 105 0.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 3,840 23.7%
18–24 1,071 6.6%
25–44 3,750 23.2%
45–64 4,315 26.7%
65 and over 3,195 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.1%; +2.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $538.7M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,742
Establishments: 353

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,739 41.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 952 22.5%
Leisure & hospitality 383 9.1%
Public administration 156 3.7%
Other services 152 3.6%
Professional & business services 125 3.0%
Construction 103 2.4%
Manufacturing 48 1.1%
Natural resources & mining 11 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $729
Owner-occupied: 4,690
Renter-occupied: 1,460

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,572 votes cast

Republican 5,464 83.1%
Democratic 1,044 15.9%
Other / third-party 64 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Chinese 190 1.3%
Other Indo-European 46 0.3%
Slavic languages 20 0.1%
Spanish 16 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 14 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,150
Family households: 4,163; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,385
Single-mother households: 186
Veterans: 534; 4.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,418 27.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,111 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 163 1.0%
Catholic 77 0.5%
Black Protestant 76 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 23.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

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: 2; 16.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023