Jury Pool Profile

Powell County, Kentucky

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 13,057
Median household income: $39,811
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,250 93.8%
Black or African American alone 224 1.7%
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 100 0.8%
Two or more races 483 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 179 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.3

Under 18 3,210 24.6%
18–24 1,006 7.7%
25–44 3,276 25.1%
45–64 3,517 26.9%
65 and over 2,048 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.25 pp vs. state
County GDP: $336.7M; 0.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,158
Establishments: 303

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 579 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 442 14.7%
Manufacturing 384 12.7%
Education & health services 301 10.0%
Public administration 262 8.7%
Professional & business services 126 4.2%
Financial activities 71 2.4%
Other services 61 2.0%
Information 29 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.2%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 3,204
Renter-occupied: 1,425

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,360 votes cast

Republican 4,092 76.3%
Democratic 1,174 21.9%
Other / third-party 94 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 115 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.3%
Korean 15 0.1%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,629
Family households: 3,147; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 2,301
Single-mother households: 202
Veterans: 596; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,968 30.2%
Mainline Protestant 400 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 200 1.5%
Black Protestant 76 0.6%
Catholic 51 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 39th 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: Campton, Jackson, Stanton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 50.78 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023