Jury Pool Profile

Owen County, Kentucky

Republican +63 (2024)

Population: 11,270
Median household income: $59,706
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 10,628 94.3%
Black or African American alone 41 0.4%
Asian alone 3 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 254 2.3%
Two or more races 341 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 278 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 2,490 22.1%
18–24 902 8.0%
25–44 2,572 22.8%
45–64 3,073 27.3%
65 and over 2,233 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $262.7M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,249
Establishments: 182

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 514 33.4%
Leisure & hospitality 172 11.2%
Public administration 141 9.2%
Education & health services 115 7.5%
Manufacturing 85 5.5%
Professional & business services 39 2.5%
Construction 33 2.1%
Other services 28 1.8%
Financial activities 27 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 20 1.3%
Information 6 0.4%
Unclassified 1 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 87.8%
Median gross rent: $775
Owner-occupied: 3,743
Renter-occupied: 518

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,494 votes cast

Republican 4,434 80.7%
Democratic 988 18.0%
Other / third-party 72 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 281 2.6%
Other 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,261
Family households: 2,955; 69.3% of households
Married w/ children: 2,464
Single-mother households: 128
Veterans: 597; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,931 43.7%
Mainline Protestant 489 4.3%
Catholic 200 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Carrollton, Owenton, Williamstown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 22.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023