Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Kentucky

Republican +66 (2024)

Population: 19,592
Median household income: $41,933
Unemployment: 6.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,101 92.4%
Black or African American alone 266 1.4%
Asian alone 6 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 90 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 548 2.8%
Two or more races 581 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 861 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.4

Under 18 4,045 20.6%
18–24 1,474 7.5%
25–44 4,801 24.5%
45–64 5,128 26.2%
65 and over 4,144 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.2%; +1.73 pp vs. state
County GDP: $560.2M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,309
Establishments: 455

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 983 18.8%
Education & health services 954 18.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 869 16.6%
Leisure & hospitality 454 8.7%
Professional & business services 422 8.1%
Public administration 291 5.6%
Natural resources & mining 227 4.3%
Financial activities 181 3.5%
Information 88 1.7%
Construction 55 1.1%
Other services 33 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.0%
Median gross rent: $666
Owner-occupied: 5,779
Renter-occupied: 2,249

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,733 votes cast

Republican 7,203 82.5%
Democratic 1,444 16.5%
Other / third-party 86 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 597 3.2%
Other Indo-European 65 0.4%
German 22 0.1%
Slavic languages 13 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
Other 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,028
Family households: 5,262; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,887
Single-mother households: 553
Veterans: 992; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

67.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,003 56.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,523 7.8%
Black Protestant 228 1.2%
Catholic 174 0.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 172 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 25.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 57th 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: Jamestown, Monticello

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 38.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023