Jury Pool Profile

Taylor County, Kentucky

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 26,205
Median household income: $61,871
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,588 90.0%
Black or African American alone 1,205 4.6%
Asian alone 243 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 112 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 21 0.1%
Two or more races 1,036 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 753 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.7

Under 18 5,989 22.9%
18–24 2,983 11.4%
25–44 6,278 24.0%
45–64 6,295 24.0%
65 and over 4,660 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.2B; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,581
Establishments: 908

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,081 34.5%
Education & health services 3,430 29.0%
Manufacturing 1,173 9.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,055 8.9%
Professional & business services 707 6.0%
Financial activities 412 3.5%
Other services 146 1.2%
Public administration 143 1.2%
Information 57 0.5%
Unclassified 5 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.6%
Median gross rent: $691
Owner-occupied: 6,787
Renter-occupied: 3,258

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,256 votes cast

Republican 9,523 77.7%
Democratic 2,576 21.0%
Other / third-party 157 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

German 303 1.2%
Spanish 260 1.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 223 0.9%
Other 58 0.2%
Other Indo-European 26 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.1%
Korean 14 0.1%
Chinese 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,045
Family households: 6,392; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,631
Single-mother households: 673
Veterans: 1,378; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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: 96.2%
With a disability: 21.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 24.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023