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Taylor County, Kentucky

Republican +56.7 (2024)
County seat
Campbellsville
Judicial district
11th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
26,763
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 26,397.

At a glance

Taylor County is a 26,763-person venue. The county population is 88% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $56,626, $7,855 below the KY state median of $64,481; 23.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 34.2% of covered employment, average pay $46,975/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.87%, above the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 74% to 78% of the vote across the three.

Population
26,397
Median household income
$60,456
Unemployment
4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 88% / 5%.

Taylor County has a population of 26,397, with a median age of 37.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 88.4%; Black residents 4.6%. Independently, 3.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $56,626; 23.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 23,158 87.7%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 810 3.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,226 4.6%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 258 1.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 939 3.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

  • Under 18 6,083 23.0%
  • 18–24 2,978 11.3%
  • 25–44 6,394 24.2%
  • 45–64 6,148 23.3%
  • 65 and over 4,794 18.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$56,626
90% interval $50,531–$62,721
−$7,855 vs KY · 68th of 120
Below poverty line
16.4%
90% interval 12.9%–19.9%
+1.0 pp vs KY · 65th of 120

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 3,990 jobs; Education & health services, about 3,450, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 34.2% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 28.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.87%, above the Kentucky state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.9%
+0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.2B
0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay
$46,643
Establishments
931

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,955 34.2%
  • Education & health services 3,341 28.9%
  • Manufacturing 1,096 9.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,006 8.7%
  • Professional & business services 757 6.5%
  • Financial activities 407 3.5%
  • Other services 155 1.3%
  • Public administration 27 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 92.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
68.8%
+0.5 pp vs KY · 95th of 120
Median gross rent
$718
−$249 vs KY · 84th of 120
Owner-occupied
7,063
Renter-occupied
3,197

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 73% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,841/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,297/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 75%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Taylor County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 77.7% in 2024, 74.9% in 2020, 73.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,256 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.6%22.6%
202074.9%23.7%
202477.7%21.0%
  • Republican 9,523 77.7%
  • Democratic 2,576 21.0%
  • Other / third-party 157 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.9% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun, Spanish. Veterans account for 7.4% of the adult civilian population (1,504 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 399 1.6%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 223 0.9%
  • Spanish 185 0.7%
  • Chinese 11 0.0%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
10,260
Family households
6,332
61.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,486
23.5% of families
Single-mother families
787
12.4% of families
Veterans
1,504
7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

67.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 13,352 51.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,144 8.2%
  • Catholic 921 3.5%
  • Black Protestant 630 2.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 535 2.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.1%
±1.4 pp
Uninsured
3.9%
±1.4 pp
106th of 120
With a disability
21.8%
±2.8 pp
57th of 120
Bachelor's or higher
23.0%
±3.6 pp
−4.6 pp vs KY · 25th of 120
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.8%
90% interval 6.8%–8.8% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
11th 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
Campbellsville, Greensburg, Lebanon, Springfield

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Taylor totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
14.77 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Taylor County, Kentucky to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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