Jury Pool Profile

Benton County, Indiana

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 8,708
Median household income: $61,811
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,014 92.0%
Black or African American alone 128 1.5%
Asian alone 9 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 112 1.3%
Two or more races 438 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 608 7.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

Under 18 2,155 24.7%
18–24 666 7.6%
25–44 2,082 23.9%
45–64 2,307 26.5%
65 and over 1,498 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $623.3M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,419
Establishments: 213

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 489 23.2%
Manufacturing 387 18.4%
Education & health services 314 14.9%
Public administration 208 9.9%
Natural resources & mining 193 9.2%
Financial activities 163 7.7%
Construction 79 3.8%
Other services 57 2.7%
Information 22 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $834
Owner-occupied: 2,794
Renter-occupied: 675

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,954 votes cast

Republican 2,873 72.7%
Democratic 1,010 25.5%
Other / third-party 71 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 412 5.0%
German 22 0.3%
Korean 9 0.1%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%
Tagalog 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,469
Family households: 2,269; 65.4% of households
Married w/ children: 1,687
Single-mother households: 214
Veterans: 479; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,701 19.5%
Mainline Protestant 900 10.3%
Evangelical Protestant 890 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 214 2.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Benton Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Fowler

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 15.26 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023