Jury Pool Profile

Pendleton County, Kentucky

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 14,683
Median household income: $66,601
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,670 93.1%
Black or African American alone 109 0.7%
Asian alone 56 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 12 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 77 0.5%
Two or more races 754 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 230 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 3,397 23.1%
18–24 1,132 7.7%
25–44 3,391 23.1%
45–64 4,267 29.1%
65 and over 2,496 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.29 pp vs. state
County GDP: $410.9M; 0.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,453
Establishments: 292

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 286 12.8%
Manufacturing 281 12.6%
Professional & business services 247 11.0%
Education & health services 216 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 171 7.6%
Public administration 159 7.1%
Financial activities 93 4.2%
Other services 32 1.4%
Information 17 0.8%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.0%
Median gross rent: $800
Owner-occupied: 3,946
Renter-occupied: 1,387

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,900 votes cast

Republican 5,593 81.1%
Democratic 1,210 17.5%
Other / third-party 97 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 107 0.8%
German 34 0.2%
Tagalog 4 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,333
Family households: 3,669; 68.8% of households
Married w/ children: 2,803
Single-mother households: 178
Veterans: 881; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,222 42.5%
Mainline Protestant 616 4.2%
Catholic 217 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 20.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 18th 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: Carlisle, Cynthiana, Falmouth, Mount Olivet

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 8.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023