Jury Pool Profile

Muhlenberg County, Kentucky

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 30,712
Median household income: $52,672
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 28,395 92.5%
Black or African American alone 647 2.1%
Asian alone 299 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 47 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 102 0.3%
Two or more races 1,221 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 595 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 6,486 21.1%
18–24 2,301 7.5%
25–44 7,418 24.2%
45–64 8,365 27.2%
65 and over 6,142 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.52% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,582
Establishments: 747

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,594 19.7%
Education & health services 1,368 16.9%
Manufacturing 902 11.1%
Leisure & hospitality 831 10.3%
Public administration 708 8.8%
Construction 609 7.5%
Professional & business services 459 5.7%
Natural resources & mining 254 3.1%
Other services 238 2.9%
Financial activities 176 2.2%
Unclassified 20 0.2%
Information 18 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.9%
Median gross rent: $712
Owner-occupied: 9,781
Renter-occupied: 2,156

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,691 votes cast

Republican 10,491 76.6%
Democratic 3,048 22.3%
Other / third-party 152 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 443 1.5%
German 86 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 81 0.3%
Slavic languages 35 0.1%
Arabic 22 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.0%
Chinese 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,937
Family households: 8,051; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 6,431
Single-mother households: 556
Veterans: 1,757; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

74.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,786 64.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,613 5.2%
Black Protestant 642 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 509 1.6%
Catholic 363 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 23.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 45th 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: Calhoun, Greenville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 20.64 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023