Jury Pool Profile

Nelson County, Kentucky

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 47,102
Median household income: $67,888
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,762 90.8%
Black or African American alone 2,478 5.3%
Asian alone 236 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 62 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 242 0.5%
Two or more races 1,322 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,278 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 11,030 23.4%
18–24 3,679 7.8%
25–44 11,713 24.9%
45–64 12,762 27.1%
65 and over 7,918 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.81% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,670
Establishments: 1,530

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,690 30.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,437 18.6%
Education & health services 3,326 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,622 8.8%
Construction 1,466 7.9%
Professional & business services 1,355 7.3%
Public administration 513 2.8%
Financial activities 476 2.6%
Other services 290 1.6%
Information 84 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 60 0.3%
Unclassified 15 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.3%
Median gross rent: $932
Owner-occupied: 14,517
Renter-occupied: 4,270

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,838 votes cast

Republican 16,052 70.3%
Democratic 6,515 28.5%
Other / third-party 271 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 750 1.7%
Slavic languages 173 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 137 0.3%
German 102 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 92 0.2%
Korean 41 0.1%
Other Indo-European 27 0.1%
Arabic 17 0.0%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,787
Family households: 13,238; 70.5% of households
Married w/ children: 10,014
Single-mother households: 1,087
Veterans: 2,871; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,965 21.3%
Evangelical Protestant 8,247 17.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,650 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 550 1.2%
Black Protestant 470 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 15.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th 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: Bardstown, Hodgenville, Munfordville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 38.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 14

NHTSA FARS 2023