Jury Pool Profile
Leslie County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Hyden
- Judicial district
- 41st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 9,627
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,079.
At a glance
Leslie County is a 9,627-person venue. The county population is 97% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $40,363, $24,118 below the KY state median of $64,481; 11.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 33.9% of covered employment, average pay $47,132/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.11%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 90% of the vote each time.
- Population
- 10,079
- Median household income
- $35,934
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 97% / 0%.
Leslie County has a population of 10,079, with a median age of 42.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 96.5%; Black residents 0.2%.
The median household earns $40,363; 11.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 31.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Education & health services, about 34% of covered jobs.
Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 33.9% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 12.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.11%, above the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 90%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Leslie County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 89.7% in 2024, 89.8% in 2020, 89.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 58% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 0.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
0.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Tagalog, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 3.3% of the adult civilian population (263 individuals).