Jury Pool Profile

Meade County, Kentucky

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 30,032
Median household income: $70,163
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,024 90.0%
Black or African American alone 1,052 3.5%
Asian alone 203 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 103 0.3%
Some other race alone 103 0.3%
Two or more races 1,516 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,213 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 6,663 22.2%
18–24 2,414 8.0%
25–44 8,293 27.6%
45–64 8,116 27.0%
65 and over 4,546 15.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,826
Establishments: 551

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 876 16.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 821 15.6%
Construction 682 13.0%
Leisure & hospitality 528 10.0%
Education & health services 367 7.0%
Professional & business services 288 5.5%
Public administration 267 5.1%
Financial activities 224 4.3%
Other services 174 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 145 2.8%
Information 94 1.8%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.2%
Median gross rent: $976
Owner-occupied: 7,902
Renter-occupied: 2,896

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,119 votes cast

Republican 10,630 75.3%
Democratic 3,279 23.2%
Other / third-party 210 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 370 1.3%
Other Indo-European 132 0.5%
German 114 0.4%
Tagalog 39 0.1%
Slavic languages 28 0.1%
Korean 25 0.1%
Other 17 0.1%
Chinese 12 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,798
Family households: 7,614; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,978
Single-mother households: 757
Veterans: 2,749; 12.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,446 31.5%
Catholic 3,075 10.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,454 4.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 544 1.8%
Black Protestant 126 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.5%
With a disability: 20.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 46th 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: Brandenburg, Hardinsburg, Leitchfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 21.4 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023