Jury Pool Profile

Lee County, Kentucky

Republican +68 (2024)

Population: 7,375
Median household income: $34,182
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,970 94.5%
Black or African American alone 158 2.1%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 19 0.3%
Two or more races 224 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 72 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 1,381 18.7%
18–24 473 6.4%
25–44 2,048 27.8%
45–64 2,066 28.0%
65 and over 1,407 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $160.5M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,886
Establishments: 163

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 348 20.4%
Leisure & hospitality 266 15.6%
Professional & business services 249 14.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 225 13.2%
Public administration 196 11.5%
Construction 28 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $593
Owner-occupied: 1,955
Renter-occupied: 651

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,690 votes cast

Republican 2,227 82.8%
Democratic 406 15.1%
Other / third-party 57 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 34 0.5%
German 21 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,606
Family households: 1,725; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 1,104
Single-mother households: 163
Veterans: 398; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,605 21.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 362 4.9%
Mainline Protestant 235 3.2%
Catholic 85 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 28.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 7.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 23rd 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: Beattyville, Booneville, Irvine

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 50.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023