Jury Pool Profile

Marshall County, Kentucky

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 31,728
Median household income: $63,611
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,515 96.2%
Black or African American alone 229 0.7%
Asian alone 119 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 79 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 0.4%
Two or more races 660 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 600 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.9

Under 18 6,472 20.4%
18–24 2,197 6.9%
25–44 7,214 22.7%
45–64 8,839 27.9%
65 and over 7,006 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.6% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,678
Establishments: 1,051

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,377 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,339 20.0%
Construction 1,432 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,384 11.8%
Professional & business services 875 7.5%
Education & health services 849 7.3%
Financial activities 480 4.1%
Public administration 408 3.5%
Other services 331 2.8%
Information 81 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 45 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.1%
Median gross rent: $773
Owner-occupied: 10,792
Renter-occupied: 2,358

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,599 votes cast

Republican 13,677 77.7%
Democratic 3,700 21.0%
Other / third-party 222 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 336 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 44 0.1%
Tagalog 43 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
German 19 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,150
Family households: 8,925; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,908
Single-mother households: 659
Veterans: 1,975; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 17,066 53.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,588 8.2%
Black Protestant 1,002 3.2%
Catholic 534 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 415 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 42nd 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: Benton, Murray

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 27.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023