Jury Pool Profile

Lyon County, Kentucky

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 8,831
Median household income: $64,464
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 7,819 88.5%
Black or African American alone 609 6.9%
Asian alone 86 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 33 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 29 0.3%
Two or more races 255 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 94 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.8

Under 18 1,221 13.8%
18–24 563 6.4%
25–44 2,295 26.0%
45–64 2,514 28.5%
65 and over 2,238 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $332.3M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,303
Establishments: 283

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 557 20.8%
Education & health services 508 19.0%
Leisure & hospitality 506 18.9%
Professional & business services 405 15.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 366 13.7%
Construction 115 4.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.6%
Median gross rent: $809
Owner-occupied: 2,704
Renter-occupied: 611

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,187 votes cast

Republican 3,187 76.1%
Democratic 950 22.7%
Other / third-party 50 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 32 0.4%
German 21 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 10 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.1%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,315
Family households: 2,031; 61.3% of households
Married w/ children: 1,752
Single-mother households: 67
Veterans: 739; 9.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

65.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,247 48.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,226 14.1%
Catholic 139 1.6%
Black Protestant 76 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 38.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 56th 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: Cadiz, Eddyville, Princeton, Smithland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 26.28 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023