Jury Pool Profile

Ohio County, Kentucky

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 23,704
Median household income: $54,369
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 21,971 92.7%
Black or African American alone 256 1.1%
Asian alone 41 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 69 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 493 2.1%
Two or more races 874 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,007 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 5,695 24.0%
18–24 1,921 8.1%
25–44 5,675 23.9%
45–64 6,118 25.8%
65 and over 4,295 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,414
Establishments: 516

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,326 31.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,120 15.2%
Education & health services 700 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 541 7.3%
Professional & business services 503 6.8%
Public administration 238 3.2%
Construction 179 2.4%
Other services 110 1.5%
Financial activities 91 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 82 1.1%
Information 18 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.6%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 7,193
Renter-occupied: 1,962

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,935 votes cast

Republican 8,679 79.4%
Democratic 2,094 19.1%
Other / third-party 162 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 732 3.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 70 0.3%
German 32 0.1%
Other Indo-European 23 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 7 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,155
Family households: 6,426; 70.2% of households
Married w/ children: 4,754
Single-mother households: 606
Veterans: 1,101; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

68.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 13,971 58.8%
Catholic 1,015 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 875 3.7%
Black Protestant 220 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 146 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 38th 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: Hartford, Hawesville, Morgantown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 49.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023