Jury Pool Profile

McCracken County, Kentucky

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 67,584
Median household income: $62,385
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 55,784 82.5%
Black or African American alone 6,730 10.0%
Asian alone 632 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 99 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 12 0.0%
Some other race alone 578 0.9%
Two or more races 3,749 5.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,210 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.4

Under 18 14,847 22.0%
18–24 5,137 7.6%
25–44 16,687 24.7%
45–64 17,299 25.6%
65 and over 13,614 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.0B; 2.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,594
Establishments: 2,900

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 11,622 28.7%
Education & health services 8,911 22.0%
Leisure & hospitality 5,422 13.4%
Professional & business services 4,459 11.0%
Construction 2,448 6.0%
Manufacturing 1,930 4.8%
Financial activities 1,280 3.2%
Other services 1,007 2.5%
Public administration 768 1.9%
Information 655 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 36 0.1%
Unclassified 11 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.4%
Median gross rent: $861
Owner-occupied: 18,397
Renter-occupied: 8,890

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 31,937 votes cast

Republican 21,349 66.8%
Democratic 10,191 31.9%
Other / third-party 397 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 774 1.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 275 0.4%
Other Indo-European 108 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 91 0.1%
German 83 0.1%
Chinese 67 0.1%
Tagalog 65 0.1%
Vietnamese 56 0.1%
Other 50 0.1%
Slavic languages 47 0.1%
Korean 47 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,287
Family households: 16,710; 61.2% of households
Married w/ children: 12,690
Single-mother households: 1,928
Veterans: 3,705; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

77.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 40,140 59.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,676 6.9%
Catholic 3,879 5.7%
Black Protestant 2,696 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,004 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Paducah

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 13.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023