Jury Pool Profile

Mason County, Kentucky

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 16,995
Median household income: $51,473
Unemployment: 6.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,854 87.4%
Black or African American alone 1,052 6.2%
Asian alone 98 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 159 0.9%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 57 0.3%
Two or more races 775 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 384 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 3,875 22.8%
18–24 1,191 7.0%
25–44 4,041 23.8%
45–64 4,605 27.1%
65 and over 3,283 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.1%; +1.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,145
Establishments: 717

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,051 25.9%
Education & health services 1,278 16.2%
Manufacturing 1,152 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 969 12.3%
Construction 448 5.7%
Professional & business services 387 4.9%
Public administration 353 4.5%
Financial activities 209 2.6%
Other services 167 2.1%
Information 113 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.6%
Median gross rent: $724
Owner-occupied: 4,751
Renter-occupied: 2,176

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,898 votes cast

Republican 5,621 71.2%
Democratic 2,170 27.5%
Other / third-party 107 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 198 1.2%
German 177 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.3%
Other Indo-European 31 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,927
Family households: 4,379; 63.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,174
Single-mother households: 582
Veterans: 822; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

58.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,507 32.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,096 18.1%
Catholic 798 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 574 3.4%
Black Protestant 88 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 19th 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: Brooksville, Flemingsburg, Maysville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 38.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023