Jury Pool Profile

Perry County, Kentucky

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 27,847
Median household income: $45,261
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,274 94.4%
Black or African American alone 276 1.0%
Asian alone 222 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 92 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 58 0.2%
Some other race alone 2 0.0%
Two or more races 923 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 90 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 6,505 23.4%
18–24 1,824 6.6%
25–44 6,888 24.7%
45–64 7,711 27.7%
65 and over 4,919 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,907
Establishments: 948

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,151 36.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,330 20.5%
Professional & business services 822 7.2%
Leisure & hospitality 790 7.0%
Natural resources & mining 601 5.3%
Public administration 515 4.5%
Financial activities 317 2.8%
Construction 253 2.2%
Other services 243 2.1%
Manufacturing 127 1.1%
Information 60 0.5%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.2%
Median gross rent: $795
Owner-occupied: 8,152
Renter-occupied: 3,141

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,992 votes cast

Republican 7,913 79.2%
Democratic 1,966 19.7%
Other / third-party 113 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 194 0.7%
Other 179 0.7%
Vietnamese 111 0.4%
Tagalog 69 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Korean 21 0.1%
Slavic languages 20 0.1%
German 9 0.0%
Arabic 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,293
Family households: 7,735; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 5,022
Single-mother households: 926
Veterans: 1,143; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,101 32.0%
Mainline Protestant 396 1.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 226 0.8%
Catholic 155 0.5%
Black Protestant 100 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.0%
With a disability: 30.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 33rd 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: Hazard

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 28.11 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023