Jury Pool Profile

Whitley County, Kentucky

Republican +69 (2024)

Population: 36,755
Median household income: $41,719
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,204 95.8%
Black or African American alone 391 1.1%
Asian alone 66 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 35 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 293 0.8%
Two or more races 766 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 712 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.4

Under 18 9,578 26.1%
18–24 4,059 11.0%
25–44 8,771 23.9%
45–64 8,568 23.3%
65 and over 5,779 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,563
Establishments: 1,040

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,040 42.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,157 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,533 10.7%
Professional & business services 1,350 9.4%
Manufacturing 1,172 8.2%
Public administration 626 4.4%
Financial activities 378 2.6%
Information 328 2.3%
Other services 314 2.2%
Construction 212 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 86 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 66.7%
Median gross rent: $720
Owner-occupied: 9,055
Renter-occupied: 4,515

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,075 votes cast

Republican 12,687 84.2%
Democratic 2,237 14.8%
Other / third-party 151 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 131 0.4%
Other Indo-European 35 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 33 0.1%
German 27 0.1%
Arabic 26 0.1%
Tagalog 20 0.1%
Korean 5 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,570
Family households: 9,062; 66.8% of households
Married w/ children: 6,626
Single-mother households: 818
Veterans: 1,363; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,982 54.4%
Mainline Protestant 908 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 264 0.7%
Catholic 82 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.3%
With a disability: 21.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 34th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Whitley City, Williamsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 33.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023