Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Kentucky

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 19,680
Median household income: $55,404
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,356 88.2%
Black or African American alone 1,415 7.2%
Asian alone 123 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 200 1.0%
Two or more races 555 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 696 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 4,729 24.0%
18–24 1,570 8.0%
25–44 4,878 24.8%
45–64 5,170 26.3%
65 and over 3,333 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,139
Establishments: 534

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,880 42.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,280 14.0%
Education & health services 1,246 13.6%
Professional & business services 844 9.2%
Leisure & hospitality 451 4.9%
Construction 214 2.3%
Financial activities 157 1.7%
Other services 145 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 50 0.5%
Unclassified 9 0.1%
Information 8 0.1%
Public administration 5 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.3%
Median gross rent: $731
Owner-occupied: 5,866
Renter-occupied: 1,724

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,100 votes cast

Republican 6,473 71.1%
Democratic 2,513 27.6%
Other / third-party 114 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 479 2.6%
German 74 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 27 0.1%
Chinese 16 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.1%
Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,590
Family households: 4,832; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 3,265
Single-mother households: 487
Veterans: 1,122; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,384 22.4%
Catholic 4,320 22.1%
Mainline Protestant 871 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 382 2.0%
Black Protestant 76 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.9%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 11th 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: Campbellsville, Greensburg, Lebanon, Springfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 33.44 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023