Jury Pool Profile
Union County, Kentucky
- County seat
- Morganfield
- Judicial district
- 5th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 12,839
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,260.
At a glance
Union County is a 12,839-person venue. The county population is 89% White and 7% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,745, $2,736 below the KY state median of $64,481; 13.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Natural resources & mining, at 18.7% of covered employment, average pay $102,411/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.22%, below the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 76% to 78% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 13,260
- Median household income
- $60,327
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 89% / 7%.
Union County has a population of 13,260, with a median age of 42.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 88.7%; Black residents 6.9%. Independently, 1.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $61,745; 13.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 18.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 1,150, Natural resources & mining about 990.
Natural resources & mining is the largest published sector at 18.7% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 17.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.22%, below the Kentucky state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 77%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Union County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 78.5% in 2024, 75.5% in 2020, 75.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
1.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.6% of the adult civilian population (709 individuals).