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Woodford County, Kentucky

Republican +14.3 (2024)
County seat
Versailles
Judicial district
14th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
27,883
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 27,279.

At a glance

Woodford County is a 27,883-person venue. The county population is 86% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $89,773, $25,292 above the KY state median of $64,481; 40.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 17.2% of covered employment, average pay $55,644/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.48%, below the 4.43% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 55% to 57% of the vote across the three.

Population
27,279
Median household income
$83,788
Unemployment
3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 4%.

Woodford County has a population of 27,279, with a median age of 42.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 85.9%; Black residents 3.8%. Independently, 7.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $89,773; 40.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 23,028 84.4%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,134 7.8%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,024 3.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 121 0.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 849 3.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 113 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

  • Under 18 5,929 21.7%
  • 18–24 2,296 8.4%
  • 25–44 6,233 22.8%
  • 45–64 7,164 26.3%
  • 65 and over 5,657 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$89,773
90% interval $81,751–$97,795
+$25,292 vs KY · 6th of 120
Below poverty line
9.7%
90% interval 7.7%–11.7%
−5.7 pp vs KY · 114th 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 1,870, Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,760.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 17.2% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 13.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.48%, below the Kentucky state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.5%
−0.95 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.6B
0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,373
Establishments
1,115

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,707 17.2%
  • Manufacturing 1,297 13.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,245 12.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,228 12.4%
  • Education & health services 1,149 11.6%
  • Public administration 732 7.4%
  • Professional & business services 696 7.0%
  • Construction 416 4.2%
  • Other services 273 2.7%

The sectors listed cover 88.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
71.7%
+3.4 pp vs KY · 75th of 120
Median gross rent
$1,138
+$171 vs KY · 7th of 120
Owner-occupied
7,759
Renter-occupied
3,055

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 43% 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 (Professional & business services, $79,334/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,861/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Small-business scale

    Average establishment employs only 8.9 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 56%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Woodford County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 56.2% in 2024, 55.0% in 2020, 56.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,984 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201656.8%36.6%
202055.0%42.9%
202456.2%41.9%
  • Republican 8,419 56.2%
  • Democratic 6,282 41.9%
  • Other / third-party 283 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

7.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (1,430 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,607 6.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 58 0.2%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 55 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 45 0.2%
  • Chinese 38 0.1%
  • Tagalog 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
10,814
Family households
7,405
68.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,127
28.7% of families
Single-mother families
795
10.7% of families
Veterans
1,430
6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

62.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 10,537 39.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,434 12.8%
  • Catholic 2,024 7.5%
  • Black Protestant 580 2.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 265 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.4%
±1.7 pp
Uninsured
5.6%
±1.7 pp
66th of 120
With a disability
13.3%
±1.8 pp
117th of 120
Bachelor's or higher
40.7%
±2.8 pp
+13.1 pp vs KY · 3rd of 120
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.4%
90% interval 7.4%–9.4% · 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
14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges
3 (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
Georgetown, Paris, Versailles

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Woodford totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
18.74 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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