Jury Pool Profile

Martin County, Kentucky

Republican +84 (2024)

Population: 11,181
Median household income: $46,185
Unemployment: 9.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,836 88.0%
Black or African American alone 834 7.5%
Asian alone 8 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 53 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.1%
Some other race alone 22 0.2%
Two or more races 415 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 213 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 2,170 19.4%
18–24 812 7.3%
25–44 3,348 29.9%
45–64 2,901 25.9%
65 and over 1,950 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 9.0%; +4.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $290.3M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,197
Establishments: 222

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 494 25.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 342 17.4%
Education & health services 231 11.8%
Leisure & hospitality 133 6.8%
Professional & business services 119 6.1%
Financial activities 34 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $441
Owner-occupied: 3,154
Renter-occupied: 781

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,655 votes cast

Republican 3,343 91.5%
Democratic 287 7.9%
Other / third-party 25 0.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 103 1.0%
Other 28 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,935
Family households: 2,630; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,151
Single-mother households: 146
Veterans: 170; 1.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,789 24.7%
Mainline Protestant 94 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 98.0%
With a disability: 32.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 24th 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: Inez, Louisa, Paintsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 33.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023