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Jury Pool Profile

Oldham County, Kentucky

Republican +23 (2024)
Population
68,600
Median household income
$121,491
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 60,073 87.6%
  • Black or African American alone 2,545 3.7%
  • Asian alone 1,086 1.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 118 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 800 1.2%
  • Two or more races 3,972 5.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,301 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

  • Under 18 17,238 25.1%
  • 18–24 5,573 8.1%
  • 25–44 16,872 24.6%
  • 45–64 19,274 28.1%
  • 65 and over 9,643 14.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
-0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.0B
1.02% of state
Avg. annual pay
$68,157
Establishments
2,480

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 2,688 15.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,514 14.4%
  • Financial activities 2,158 12.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,879 10.8%
  • Manufacturing 1,774 10.2%
  • Professional & business services 1,512 8.7%
  • Construction 1,275 7.3%
  • Public administration 1,098 6.3%
  • Other services 462 2.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 275 1.6%
  • Information 208 1.2%
  • Unclassified 8 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
88.1%
Median gross rent
$1,142
Owner-occupied
19,774
Renter-occupied
2,683

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 38,187 votes cast

  • Republican 23,025 60.3%
  • Democratic 14,402 37.7%
  • Other / third-party 760 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,838 2.8%
  • Other Indo-European 357 0.5%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 283 0.4%
  • Chinese 263 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 165 0.3%
  • German 153 0.2%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 126 0.2%
  • Other 94 0.1%
  • Arabic 75 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 55 0.1%
  • Tagalog 24 0.0%
  • Korean 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
22,457
Family households
18,280
81.4% of households
Married w/ children
15,615
Single-mother households
1,024
Veterans
3,608
7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 7,211 10.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 6,930 10.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 6,185 9.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,437 6.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
97.3%
With a disability
8.9%
Bachelor's or higher
45.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
12th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
3 (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
Bedford, La Grange, New Castle

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
7
13.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Oldham County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.