Jury Pool Profile

Pike County, Kentucky

Republican +65 (2024)

Population: 57,466
Median household income: $42,179
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 54,669 95.1%
Black or African American alone 353 0.6%
Asian alone 291 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 61 0.1%
Some other race alone 242 0.4%
Two or more races 1,809 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 701 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.9

Under 18 11,793 20.5%
18–24 4,587 8.0%
25–44 13,684 23.8%
45–64 16,115 28.0%
65 and over 11,287 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +1.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.7B; 0.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,529
Establishments: 1,627

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,050 29.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,571 22.2%
Leisure & hospitality 2,137 10.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,203 5.9%
Professional & business services 1,122 5.5%
Public administration 991 4.8%
Financial activities 781 3.8%
Manufacturing 668 3.3%
Construction 555 2.7%
Other services 418 2.0%
Information 111 0.5%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.1%
Median gross rent: $837
Owner-occupied: 18,372
Renter-occupied: 6,077

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,946 votes cast

Republican 19,684 82.2%
Democratic 4,025 16.8%
Other / third-party 237 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 296 0.5%
German 122 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 77 0.1%
Tagalog 62 0.1%
Arabic 56 0.1%
Other Indo-European 42 0.1%
Chinese 23 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.0%
Slavic languages 19 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,449
Family households: 16,122; 65.9% of households
Married w/ children: 12,020
Single-mother households: 1,248
Veterans: 2,201; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 16,883 28.8%
Mainline Protestant 1,694 2.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 547 0.9%
Black Protestant 226 0.4%
Catholic 214 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 29.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 35th 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: Pikeville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 45.98 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023