Jury Pool Profile

Blackford County, Indiana

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 12,007
Median household income: $47,560
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 11,433 95.2%
Black or African American alone 56 0.5%
Asian alone 19 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 20 0.2%
Two or more races 473 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 263 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44

Under 18 2,771 23.1%
18–24 831 6.9%
25–44 2,539 21.1%
45–64 3,211 26.7%
65 and over 2,655 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP: $428.1M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,641
Establishments: 245

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 839 29.5%
Education & health services 555 19.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 486 17.1%
Leisure & hospitality 264 9.3%
Public administration 186 6.5%
Construction 168 5.9%
Professional & business services 101 3.6%
Financial activities 99 3.5%
Natural resources & mining 62 2.2%
Information 13 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $635
Owner-occupied: 3,726
Renter-occupied: 1,334

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,135 votes cast

Republican 3,811 74.2%
Democratic 1,227 23.9%
Other / third-party 97 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 120 1.1%
Vietnamese 56 0.5%
Other 23 0.2%
German 22 0.2%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,060
Family households: 3,030; 59.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,355
Single-mother households: 284
Veterans: 802; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,057 17.0%
Mainline Protestant 973 8.0%
Catholic 318 2.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.5%
With a disability: 21.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Blackford 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: Hartford City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 21.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023