Jury Pool Profile

Rowan County, Kentucky

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 24,525
Median household income: $53,657
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,364 95.3%
Black or African American alone 451 1.8%
Asian alone 240 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 77 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 29 0.1%
Two or more races 364 1.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 543 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.2

Under 18 4,802 19.6%
18–24 5,257 21.4%
25–44 5,706 23.3%
45–64 5,268 21.5%
65 and over 3,492 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +1.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,895
Establishments: 808

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,386 32.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,075 19.8%
Manufacturing 1,389 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,319 12.6%
Public administration 643 6.1%
Financial activities 349 3.3%
Professional & business services 274 2.6%
Other services 152 1.4%
Information 68 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 63.1%
Median gross rent: $815
Owner-occupied: 5,895
Renter-occupied: 3,450

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,872 votes cast

Republican 6,224 63.0%
Democratic 3,484 35.3%
Other / third-party 164 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 434 1.9%
Arabic 61 0.3%
Other 59 0.3%
Other Indo-European 56 0.2%
Chinese 36 0.2%
German 26 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 7 0.0%
Slavic languages 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,345
Family households: 5,461; 58.4% of households
Married w/ children: 4,056
Single-mother households: 392
Veterans: 1,042; 5.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,650 18.9%
Mainline Protestant 902 3.7%
Catholic 397 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 197 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 21st 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: Frenchburg, Morehead, Mount Sterling, Owingsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 25.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023