Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Kentucky

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 28,271
Median household income: $57,468
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,140 92.5%
Black or African American alone 749 2.6%
Asian alone 129 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 141 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 201 0.7%
Two or more races 911 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 942 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 6,608 23.4%
18–24 2,257 8.0%
25–44 7,010 24.8%
45–64 7,602 26.9%
65 and over 4,794 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,214
Establishments: 891

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,202 30.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,908 18.2%
Education & health services 1,471 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,004 9.6%
Professional & business services 726 6.9%
Financial activities 374 3.6%
Public administration 349 3.3%
Other services 173 1.7%
Information 75 0.7%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.3%
Median gross rent: $796
Owner-occupied: 7,258
Renter-occupied: 3,692

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,819 votes cast

Republican 9,302 72.6%
Democratic 3,329 26.0%
Other / third-party 188 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 853 3.2%
Other Indo-European 125 0.5%
German 63 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.2%
Korean 10 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,950
Family households: 7,611; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,422
Single-mother households: 647
Veterans: 1,485; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,375 29.8%
Mainline Protestant 2,646 9.4%
Catholic 465 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 223 0.8%
Black Protestant 160 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.0%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Frenchburg, Morehead, Mount Sterling, Owingsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 46.16 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023