Jury Pool Profile

Adams County, Indiana

Republican +53 (2024)

Population: 35,995
Median household income: $63,128
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,861 94.1%
Black or African American alone 149 0.4%
Asian alone 113 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 182 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 449 1.2%
Two or more races 1,241 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,688 4.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.2

Under 18 11,241 31.2%
18–24 3,207 8.9%
25–44 7,841 21.8%
45–64 7,964 22.1%
65 and over 5,742 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.45% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,465
Establishments: 786

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,062 31.4%
Education & health services 2,636 20.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,626 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 922 7.1%
Professional & business services 576 4.5%
Construction 528 4.1%
Public administration 457 3.5%
Financial activities 365 2.8%
Other services 353 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 220 1.7%
Information 188 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.2%
Median gross rent: $799
Owner-occupied: 10,147
Renter-occupied: 2,198

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,959 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.5% speak only English at home

German 5,243 15.9%
Spanish 619 1.9%
Korean 87 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 80 0.2%
Other Indo-European 34 0.1%
Tagalog 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,345
Family households: 8,599; 69.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,841
Single-mother households: 531
Veterans: 1,122; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

82.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 76.7%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023