Jury Pool Profile

Spencer County, Kentucky

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 19,875
Median household income: $98,333
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,752 94.3%
Black or African American alone 191 1.0%
Asian alone 88 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 223 1.1%
Two or more races 604 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 510 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 4,499 22.6%
18–24 1,424 7.2%
25–44 4,838 24.3%
45–64 6,133 30.9%
65 and over 2,981 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $444.7M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,034
Establishments: 440

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 383 17.1%
Professional & business services 251 11.2%
Leisure & hospitality 238 10.6%
Construction 235 10.5%
Education & health services 212 9.5%
Public administration 180 8.1%
Financial activities 117 5.2%
Other services 51 2.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.6%
Median gross rent: $954
Owner-occupied: 6,117
Renter-occupied: 945

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,479 votes cast

Republican 8,927 77.8%
Democratic 2,415 21.0%
Other / third-party 137 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 179 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 38 0.2%
Chinese 31 0.2%
Tagalog 26 0.1%
Other Indo-European 20 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,062
Family households: 5,571; 78.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,487
Single-mother households: 315
Veterans: 1,112; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,080 31.2%
Catholic 350 1.8%
Black Protestant 180 0.9%
Mainline Protestant 166 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.5%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.1%

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: 2; 13.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023