Jury Pool Profile

Lewis County, Kentucky

Republican +76 (2024)

Population: 13,028
Median household income: $41,632
Unemployment: 8.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,641 97.0%
Black or African American alone 4 0.0%
Asian alone 19 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 32 0.2%
Some other race alone 35 0.3%
Two or more races 297 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 3,030 23.3%
18–24 910 7.0%
25–44 2,963 22.7%
45–64 3,633 27.9%
65 and over 2,492 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.5%; +4.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $251.8M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,450
Establishments: 283

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 450 22.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 324 16.4%
Manufacturing 236 12.0%
Construction 163 8.3%
Public administration 81 4.1%
Leisure & hospitality 80 4.1%
Professional & business services 69 3.5%
Financial activities 65 3.3%
Other services 12 0.6%
Information 10 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $757
Owner-occupied: 3,875
Renter-occupied: 1,030

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,721 votes cast

Republican 4,997 87.3%
Democratic 666 11.6%
Other / third-party 58 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.6% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 31 0.3%
German 10 0.1%
Spanish 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,905
Family households: 3,249; 66.2% of households
Married w/ children: 2,443
Single-mother households: 288
Veterans: 689; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

23.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,383 18.2%
Mainline Protestant 662 5.1%
Catholic 53 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 21.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Greenup, Vanceburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 20 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023