Jury Pool Profile
Owsley County, Kentucky
Republican +77 (2024)
- Population
- 4,021
- Median household income
- $31,064
- Unemployment
- 5.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 3,751 93.3%
- Black or African American alone 0 0.0%
- Asian alone 0 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 65 1.6%
- Two or more races 205 5.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 47.9
- Under 18 757 18.8%
- 18–24 292 7.3%
- 25–44 789 19.6%
- 45–64 1,335 33.2%
- 65 and over 848 21.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.6%
- +1.14 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $68.9M
- 0.02% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $40,488
- Establishments
- 93
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 245 33.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 92 12.6%
- Public administration 72 9.9%
- Financial activities 31 4.3%
- Leisure & hospitality 14 1.9%
- Other services 10 1.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 68.3%
- Median gross rent
- $551
- Owner-occupied
- 1,028
- Renter-occupied
- 478
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 1,839 votes cast
- Republican 1,625 88.4%
- Democratic 203 11.0%
- Other / third-party 11 0.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Household composition
- Households
- 1,506
- Family households
- 928
- 61.6% of households
- Married w/ children
- 654
- Single-mother households
- 56
- Veterans
- 56
- 1.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
27.5% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 942 23.3%
- Mainline Protestant 138 3.4%
- Catholic 36 0.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.7%
- With a disability
- 36.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 11.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 23rd 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
- Beattyville, Booneville, Irvine
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 3
- 91.91 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023