Jury Pool Profile

Union County, Kentucky

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 13,379
Median household income: $60,989
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,896 88.9%
Black or African American alone 1,084 8.1%
Asian alone 43 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 3 0.0%
Some other race alone 48 0.4%
Two or more races 305 2.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 220 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 2,595 19.4%
18–24 1,372 10.3%
25–44 3,167 23.7%
45–64 3,622 27.1%
65 and over 2,623 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,075
Establishments: 390

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Natural resources & mining 1,012 19.4%
Manufacturing 952 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 841 16.1%
Education & health services 713 13.6%
Professional & business services 396 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 268 5.1%
Public administration 203 3.9%
Construction 152 2.9%
Financial activities 125 2.4%
Other services 68 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.7%
Median gross rent: $787
Owner-occupied: 3,679
Renter-occupied: 1,449

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,058 votes cast

Republican 4,758 78.5%
Democratic 1,225 20.2%
Other / third-party 75 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 92 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 40 0.3%
Vietnamese 15 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.1%
German 6 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,128
Family households: 3,533; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,807
Single-mother households: 233
Veterans: 719; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

73.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,359 46.5%
Catholic 2,474 18.1%
Black Protestant 768 5.6%
Mainline Protestant 489 3.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 30.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Dixon, Marion, Morganfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 18.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023