Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Kentucky

Republican +77 (2024)

Population: 11,318
Median household income: $49,430
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,589 93.6%
Black or African American alone 292 2.6%
Asian alone 21 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 172 1.5%
Two or more races 237 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 500 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 2,664 23.5%
18–24 854 7.5%
25–44 2,649 23.4%
45–64 3,063 27.1%
65 and over 2,088 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $454.6M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,811
Establishments: 302

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 593 18.4%
Manufacturing 592 18.3%
Education & health services 464 14.4%
Construction 280 8.7%
Professional & business services 221 6.8%
Leisure & hospitality 190 5.9%
Public administration 146 4.5%
Financial activities 117 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 62 1.9%
Other services 49 1.5%
Information 8 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $629
Owner-occupied: 3,174
Renter-occupied: 1,412

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,308 votes cast

Republican 4,679 88.1%
Democratic 576 10.9%
Other / third-party 53 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 351 3.3%
German 34 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,586
Family households: 3,096; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,219
Single-mother households: 431
Veterans: 412; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,520 48.7%
Mainline Protestant 531 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 437 3.9%
Catholic 75 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 23.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 40th 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: Albany, Burkesville, Tompkinsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 11.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023