Jury Pool Profile

Magoffin County, Kentucky

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 11,495
Median household income: $33,632
Unemployment: 8.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,277 98.1%
Black or African American alone 6 0.1%
Asian alone 13 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 39 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 30 0.3%
Two or more races 130 1.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 150 1.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.9

Under 18 2,597 22.6%
18–24 793 6.9%
25–44 2,675 23.3%
45–64 3,300 28.7%
65 and over 2,130 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.9%; +4.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $212.5M; 0.07% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,288
Establishments: 281

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 408 21.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 335 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 220 11.4%
Professional & business services 123 6.4%
Public administration 75 3.9%
Financial activities 52 2.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $633
Owner-occupied: 3,539
Renter-occupied: 1,025

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,274 votes cast

Republican 4,288 81.3%
Democratic 909 17.2%
Other / third-party 77 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 104 1.0%
Chinese 13 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,564
Family households: 3,052; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,157
Single-mother households: 259
Veterans: 371; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,267 28.1%
Mainline Protestant 212 1.8%
Black Protestant 100 0.9%
Catholic 45 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 28.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th 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: Hindman, Salyersville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 11.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023