Adams County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,566 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,729 4.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 115 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 136 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 638 1.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 26 0.1%

• Under 18 11,335 31.3%
• 18–24 3,198 8.8%
• 25–44 7,921 21.9%
• 45–64 7,852 21.7%
• 65 and over 5,921 16.3%

Median household income

$70,816

90% interval $65,516–$76,116

−$1,142 vs IN · 43rd of 92

Below poverty line

11.1%

90% interval 8.8%–13.4%

−1.0 pp vs IN · 51st of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,238

Establishments

798

• Manufacturing 4,020 30.9%
• Education & health services 2,706 20.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,636 20.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 908 7.0%
• Professional & business services 613 4.7%
• Construction 560 4.3%
• Public administration 439 3.4%
• Financial activities 379 2.9%
• Other services 355 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 244 1.9%
• Information 160 1.2%

Home ownership

83.5%

+12.9 pp vs IN · 6th of 92

Median gross rent

$833

−$229 vs IN · 63rd of 92

Owner-occupied

10,349

Renter-occupied

2,052

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $62,763/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,473/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,528 75.4%
• Democratic 3,179 22.8%
• Other / third-party 252 1.8%

• German or other West Germanic 4,324 13.1%
• Spanish 700 2.1%
• Korean 123 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 15 0.0%
• Tagalog 11 0.0%

Households

12,401

Family households

8,660

69.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,255

37.6% of families

Single-mother families

543

6.3% of families

Veterans

1,059

4.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 21,522 60.1%
• Catholic 3,022 8.4%
• Mainline Protestant 2,556 7.1%
• Black Protestant 2,100 5.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 336 0.9%

Health insured

79.3%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

20.7%

±2.6 pp

3rd of 92

With a disability

12.3%

±1.4 pp

81st of 92

Bachelor's or higher

16.2%

±1.8 pp

−13.3 pp vs IN · 71st of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

12.4%

90% interval 10.8%–14.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Adams Circuit Court

Judges

2 (Combined Circuit + Superior Court trial-court judges per county (both have general civil + criminal jurisdiction); vintage 2026 Indiana Office of Judicial Administration Judicial Service Report, cross-checked against courts.in.gov per-county rosters. Counties with a count of 1 operate the Circuit Court only; larger counties add Superior Court judges with concurrent general jurisdiction. Marion County (Indianapolis) is by far the largest single-county bench in Indiana.)

Court seats

Decatur

Traffic fatalities

4

16.07 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4