Jury Pool Profile

Wolfe County, Kentucky

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 6,484
Median household income: $29,052
Unemployment: 8.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 6,231 96.1%
Black or African American alone 14 0.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 127 2.0%
Two or more races 102 1.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 102 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 1,472 22.7%
18–24 508 7.8%
25–44 1,363 21.0%
45–64 1,879 29.0%
65 and over 1,262 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.6%; +4.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $157.4M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $39,134
Establishments: 189

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 377 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 317 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 268 17.1%
Financial activities 113 7.2%
Public administration 38 2.4%
Professional & business services 34 2.2%
Manufacturing 26 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.9%
Median gross rent: $507
Owner-occupied: 1,778
Renter-occupied: 767

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 2,915 votes cast

Republican 2,163 74.2%
Democratic 689 23.6%
Other / third-party 63 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 130 2.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,545
Family households: 1,703; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 1,176
Single-mother households: 114
Veterans: 198; 4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,737 26.5%
Mainline Protestant 276 4.2%
Catholic 47 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 97.7%
With a disability: 33.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 39th 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: Campton, Jackson, Stanton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Kentucky statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 19.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023