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Warren County, Kentucky

Republican +24.3 (2024)
County seat
Bowling Green
Judicial district
8th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
149,375
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 140,918.

At a glance

Warren County is a 149,375-person venue. The county population is 76% White and 9% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $67,824, $3,343 above the KY state median of $64,481; 32.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 15.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Asian and Pacific Island languages (3.6%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 19.9% of covered employment, average pay $50,460/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.09%, below the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 61% of the vote across the three.

Population
140,918
Median household income
$65,794
Unemployment
4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 76% / 9%.

Warren County has a population of 140,918, with a median age of 33.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 75.7%; Black residents 9.2%. Independently, 7.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $67,824; 32.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 103,930 73.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,010 7.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 12,803 9.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,094 5.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,935 4.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 86 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 880 0.6%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 180 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 33.3

  • Under 18 33,379 23.7%
  • 18–24 20,956 14.9%
  • 25–44 36,862 26.2%
  • 45–64 31,101 22.1%
  • 65 and over 18,620 13.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$67,824
90% interval $62,271–$73,377
+$3,343 vs KY · 25th of 120
Below poverty line
15.3%
90% interval 13.0%–17.6%
−0.1 pp vs KY · 78th of 120

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by healthcare & education and trade & transportation

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 16,970, Trade, transportation & utilities about 14,320.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 19.9% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 16.3%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.09%, below the Kentucky state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.1%
−0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP
$11.1B
3.77% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,665
Establishments
5,504

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 14,318 19.9%
  • Manufacturing 11,679 16.3%
  • Education & health services 11,296 15.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 9,168 12.8%
  • Professional & business services 8,161 11.4%
  • Construction 3,672 5.1%
  • Financial activities 2,647 3.7%
  • Public administration 1,748 2.4%
  • Other services 1,500 2.1%
  • Information 475 0.7%
  • Natural resources & mining 161 0.2%
  • Unclassified 54 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 90.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
55.6%
−12.7 pp vs KY · 118th of 120
Median gross rent
$1,002
+$35 vs KY · 15th of 120
Owner-occupied
30,964
Renter-occupied
24,679

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $79,044/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,094/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 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

Largest employers

Principal employers by headcount

3 of the top 5 employers on this list (4 of the listed 10) are in education & health services, accounting for 8,213 employees on this list. This concentrates 'big institutional employer' juror experience in one sector; confirm employer ties before any framing that touches it.

# Employer Sector Employees
1 Commonwealth Health Corporation Hospital and health system (The Medical Center at Bowling Green) 3,453
2 Western Kentucky University Public university 2,218
3 General Motors Corporation Automobile manufacturing (Corvette assembly plant) 1,458
4 BG Metalforming LLC Automotive parts manufacturing (metal stamping) 1,363
5 Graves-Gilbert Clinic PSC Physician clinic 1,287
6 Warren County Board of Education Public school district 1,255
7 Kentucky State Treasurer State government 930
8 City of Bowling Green City government 819
9 Kobelco Aluminum Automotive Products LLC Aluminum automotive parts manufacturing 795
10 Houchens Food Group Grocery retail and food distribution (headquarters) 718

Source: City of Bowling Green, Kentucky, Annual Comprehensive Financial Report for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2025, Schedule 20, 'Principal Employers, Current Year and Nine Years Ago'. The schedule credits the city's Department of Finance, gmauthority.com and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and does not say whether counts are headcount or full-time positions. (2025)

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Warren County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 61.3% in 2024, 57.4% in 2020, 59.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 56,860 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201659.2%35.0%
202057.4%40.6%
202461.3%37.0%
  • Republican 34,862 61.3%
  • Democratic 21,065 37.0%
  • Other / third-party 933 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 15.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

15.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, Arabic. Veterans account for 6.1% of the adult civilian population (6,579 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

84.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 6,787 5.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2,918 2.2%
  • Arabic 411 0.3%
  • Vietnamese 403 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 344 0.3%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 261 0.2%
  • Chinese 208 0.2%
  • Tagalog 46 0.0%
  • Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
55,643
Family households
33,451
60.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
10,476
31.3% of families
Single-mother families
3,446
10.3% of families
Veterans
6,579
6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 34,904 25.9%
  • Catholic 9,227 6.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 8,508 6.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,128 2.3%
  • Black Protestant 742 0.6%
  • Orthodox 110 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.1%
±0.7 pp
Uninsured
7.9%
±0.7 pp
24th of 120
With a disability
14.3%
±0.8 pp
112th of 120
Bachelor's or higher
32.3%
±1.6 pp
+4.7 pp vs KY · 12th of 120
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.2%
90% interval 9.1%–11.3% · 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
8th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
4 (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
Bowling Green, Brownsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Warren totals, 2024

Traffic fatalities
21
19.53 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
20

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Warren 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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