Jury Pool Profile

Mercer County, Kentucky

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 22,824
Median household income: $63,115
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,803 91.1%
Black or African American alone 813 3.6%
Asian alone 60 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 57 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 304 1.3%
Two or more races 787 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 730 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 5,067 22.2%
18–24 1,816 8.0%
25–44 5,230 22.9%
45–64 6,325 27.7%
65 and over 4,386 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,248
Establishments: 586

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,982 30.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,030 15.7%
Education & health services 811 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 710 10.8%
Professional & business services 559 8.5%
Construction 341 5.2%
Public administration 231 3.5%
Financial activities 140 2.1%
Other services 122 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 31 0.5%
Information 16 0.2%
Unclassified 4 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.1%
Median gross rent: $802
Owner-occupied: 7,048
Renter-occupied: 2,089

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,841 votes cast

Republican 8,826 74.5%
Democratic 2,838 24.0%
Other / third-party 177 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 535 2.5%
Arabic 136 0.6%
German 121 0.6%
Other Indo-European 16 0.1%
Korean 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Slavic languages 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,137
Family households: 5,721; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,640
Single-mother households: 301
Veterans: 1,343; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

61.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,548 51.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,385 6.1%
Catholic 661 2.9%
Black Protestant 196 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 130 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 50th 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: Danville, Harrodsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 16.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023