Jury Pool Profile

Rockcastle County, Kentucky

Republican +73 (2024)

Population: 16,144
Median household income: $48,367
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,588 96.6%
Black or African American alone 101 0.6%
Asian alone 50 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 76 0.5%
Two or more races 328 2.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 190 1.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 3,462 21.4%
18–24 1,188 7.4%
25–44 3,732 23.1%
45–64 4,656 28.8%
65 and over 3,106 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.63 pp vs. state
County GDP: $431.6M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,657
Establishments: 278

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,120 27.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 530 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 285 7.1%
Manufacturing 214 5.3%
Professional & business services 210 5.2%
Public administration 156 3.9%
Financial activities 100 2.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.4%
Median gross rent: $678
Owner-occupied: 4,911
Renter-occupied: 1,517

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,724 votes cast

Republican 6,635 85.9%
Democratic 986 12.8%
Other / third-party 103 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 102 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 24 0.2%
Other Indo-European 19 0.1%
German 17 0.1%
Other 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,428
Family households: 4,465; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,440
Single-mother households: 359
Veterans: 682; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,519 53.1%
Black Protestant 572 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 140 0.9%
Catholic 21 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 22.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Mount Vernon, Somerset, Stanford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 31.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023