Jury Pool Profile

Simpson County, Kentucky

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 19,786
Median household income: $57,392
Unemployment: 4.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,718 84.5%
Black or African American alone 1,386 7.0%
Asian alone 35 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 9 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 190 1.0%
Two or more races 1,448 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 679 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39

Under 18 4,652 23.5%
18–24 1,757 8.9%
25–44 4,981 25.2%
45–64 5,229 26.4%
65 and over 3,167 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.6%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.42% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,092
Establishments: 706

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,727 29.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,322 25.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,308 14.3%
Education & health services 610 6.7%
Professional & business services 441 4.8%
Construction 383 4.2%
Public administration 235 2.6%
Other services 183 2.0%
Financial activities 172 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 55 0.6%
Information 34 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.3%
Median gross rent: $1,011
Owner-occupied: 5,097
Renter-occupied: 2,592

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,776 votes cast

Republican 6,253 71.3%
Democratic 2,403 27.4%
Other / third-party 120 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 210 1.1%
Other Indo-European 37 0.2%
German 21 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Arabic 12 0.1%
Korean 10 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,689
Family households: 4,915; 63.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,788
Single-mother households: 371
Veterans: 1,262; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,667 34.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,170 6.0%
Catholic 448 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 437 2.2%
Black Protestant 278 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 49th 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: Franklin, Scottsville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 52.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023