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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.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
3
91.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Owsley 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.