Jury Pool Profile

Morgan County, Kentucky

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 13,938
Median household income: $47,493
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,593 90.4%
Black or African American alone 570 4.1%
Asian alone 102 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 11 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 359 2.6%
Two or more races 303 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 440 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 2,766 19.8%
18–24 895 6.4%
25–44 4,062 29.1%
45–64 3,790 27.2%
65 and over 2,425 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +1.49 pp vs. state
County GDP: $377.7M; 0.13% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,329
Establishments: 286

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 618 18.8%
Public administration 569 17.3%
Education & health services 406 12.3%
Professional & business services 170 5.2%
Leisure & hospitality 166 5.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.2%
Median gross rent: $670
Owner-occupied: 3,714
Renter-occupied: 1,033

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,373 votes cast

Republican 4,353 81.0%
Democratic 939 17.5%
Other / third-party 81 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 118 0.9%
German 38 0.3%
Other 15 0.1%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,747
Family households: 3,314; 69.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,583
Single-mother households: 319
Veterans: 618; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,856 20.8%
Mainline Protestant 334 2.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 89 0.6%
Catholic 47 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.3%
With a disability: 24.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 37th 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: Grayson, Sandy Hook, West Liberty

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 17.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023