Jury Pool Profile

McCreary County, Kentucky

Republican +79 (2024)

Population: 16,905
Median household income: $37,355
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,233 90.1%
Black or African American alone 1,160 6.9%
Asian alone 9 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 9 0.1%
Some other race alone 23 0.1%
Two or more races 452 2.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 296 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

Under 18 3,692 21.8%
18–24 1,313 7.8%
25–44 4,704 27.8%
45–64 4,479 26.5%
65 and over 2,717 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.75 pp vs. state
County GDP: $348.9M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,870
Establishments: 303

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 470 16.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 452 15.7%
Education & health services 433 15.1%
Manufacturing 351 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 228 7.9%
Financial activities 84 2.9%
Professional & business services 69 2.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.4%
Median gross rent: $588
Owner-occupied: 4,164
Renter-occupied: 1,431

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,211 votes cast

Republican 5,531 89.1%
Democratic 641 10.3%
Other / third-party 39 0.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 203 1.3%
Other 20 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.1%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,595
Family households: 3,589; 64.1% of households
Married w/ children: 2,602
Single-mother households: 185
Veterans: 700; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,505 20.8%
Black Protestant 526 3.1%
Mainline Protestant 247 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 226 1.3%
Catholic 97 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 23.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 9.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 34th 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: Whitley City, Williamsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 37.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023