Jury Pool Profile

Webster County, Kentucky

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 12,873
Median household income: $58,786
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,405 88.6%
Black or African American alone 549 4.3%
Asian alone 5 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 13 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.2%
Some other race alone 378 2.9%
Two or more races 496 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 841 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 3,068 23.8%
18–24 1,081 8.4%
25–44 3,027 23.5%
45–64 3,402 26.4%
65 and over 2,295 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $539.4M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,524
Establishments: 294

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 536 19.9%
Construction 424 15.7%
Education & health services 382 14.2%
Manufacturing 334 12.4%
Public administration 188 7.0%
Leisure & hospitality 107 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 90 3.3%
Financial activities 88 3.3%
Professional & business services 66 2.4%
Other services 30 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.0%
Median gross rent: $774
Owner-occupied: 3,592
Renter-occupied: 1,328

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,556 votes cast

Republican 4,339 78.1%
Democratic 1,153 20.8%
Other / third-party 64 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 560 4.6%
German 57 0.5%
Other Indo-European 37 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,920
Family households: 3,568; 72.5% of households
Married w/ children: 2,566
Single-mother households: 356
Veterans: 535; 5.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

59.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,448 41.9%
Mainline Protestant 1,152 8.8%
Black Protestant 678 5.2%
Catholic 400 3.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 27.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.6%

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: 6; 61.19 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023