Jury Pool Profile
Russell County, Kentucky
Republican +72 (2024)
- Population
- 18,117
- Median household income
- $50,520
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 16,819 92.8%
- Black or African American alone 175 1.0%
- Asian alone 2 0.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.0%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.1%
- Some other race alone 381 2.1%
- Two or more races 723 4.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 791 4.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 42.2
- Under 18 4,178 23.1%
- 18–24 1,436 7.9%
- 25–44 3,901 21.5%
- 45–64 4,873 26.9%
- 65 and over 3,729 20.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.6%
- +0.08 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.1B
- 0.36% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $43,596
- Establishments
- 546
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Manufacturing 1,941 30.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 932 14.6%
- Education & health services 900 14.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 614 9.6%
- Public administration 316 4.9%
- Financial activities 196 3.1%
- Professional & business services 147 2.3%
- Other services 108 1.7%
- Information 56 0.9%
- Natural resources & mining 10 0.2%
- Unclassified 1 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.5%
- Median gross rent
- $660
- Owner-occupied
- 5,300
- Renter-occupied
- 1,910
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 8,893 votes cast
- Republican 7,622 85.7%
- Democratic 1,200 13.5%
- Other / third-party 71 0.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
95.6% speak only English at home
- Spanish 617 3.6%
- German 81 0.5%
- Slavic languages 25 0.1%
- Vietnamese 20 0.1%
- Chinese 9 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 5 0.0%
- Tagalog 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,210
- Family households
- 4,640
- 64.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 3,330
- Single-mother households
- 403
- Veterans
- 1,070
- 7.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
46.0% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 5,781 32.1%
- Mainline Protestant 2,253 12.5%
- Catholic 160 0.9%
- Black Protestant 76 0.4%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.5%
- With a disability
- 23.8%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 57th 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
- Jamestown, Monticello
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 5
- 35.87 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 5
NHTSA FARS 2023