Jury Pool Profile

Shelby County, Kentucky

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 48,599
Median household income: $82,671
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,507 81.3%
Black or African American alone 2,308 4.7%
Asian alone 542 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 99 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,559 3.2%
Two or more races 4,584 9.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,239 10.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 10,882 22.4%
18–24 3,956 8.1%
25–44 11,954 24.6%
45–64 13,624 28.0%
65 and over 8,183 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; -0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.82% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,073
Establishments: 1,594

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 3,638 22.0%
Manufacturing 3,531 21.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,655 10.0%
Professional & business services 1,621 9.8%
Education & health services 1,615 9.8%
Public administration 1,002 6.1%
Construction 817 4.9%
Other services 660 4.0%
Financial activities 478 2.9%
Natural resources & mining 181 1.1%
Information 94 0.6%
Unclassified 6 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.1%
Median gross rent: $998
Owner-occupied: 13,218
Renter-occupied: 4,632

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,607 votes cast

Republican 16,356 66.5%
Democratic 7,822 31.8%
Other / third-party 429 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 4,044 8.8%
Other 226 0.5%
Tagalog 158 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 158 0.3%
German 145 0.3%
Slavic languages 25 0.1%
Korean 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.1%
Chinese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,850
Family households: 13,138; 73.6% of households
Married w/ children: 10,519
Single-mother households: 897
Veterans: 2,861; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,867 33.0%
Catholic 3,220 6.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,572 5.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,836 3.8%
Black Protestant 280 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 53rd 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: Lawrenceburg, Shelbyville, Taylorsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 7.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023