Jury Pool Profile

Letcher County, Kentucky

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 21,146
Median household income: $40,501
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,573 97.3%
Black or African American alone 157 0.7%
Asian alone 45 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 61 0.3%
Two or more races 304 1.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 159 0.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 4,578 21.6%
18–24 1,392 6.6%
25–44 4,913 23.2%
45–64 5,917 28.0%
65 and over 4,346 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +1.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $538.8M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,995
Establishments: 500

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,336 31.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 927 21.8%
Leisure & hospitality 328 7.7%
Public administration 258 6.1%
Natural resources & mining 216 5.1%
Professional & business services 210 4.9%
Financial activities 104 2.4%
Other services 76 1.8%
Construction 67 1.6%
Manufacturing 64 1.5%
Information 21 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.6%
Median gross rent: $651
Owner-occupied: 6,075
Renter-occupied: 2,292

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,430 votes cast

Republican 6,848 81.2%
Democratic 1,457 17.3%
Other / third-party 125 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 76 0.4%
German 65 0.3%
Chinese 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,367
Family households: 5,565; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,084
Single-mother households: 384
Veterans: 960; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,297 24.6%
Mainline Protestant 598 2.8%
Black Protestant 528 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 234 1.1%
Catholic 30 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 30.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 47th 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: Whitesburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 6.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023