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Jury Pool Profile

Boone County, Indiana

Republican +16.0 (2024)
County seat
Lebanon
Judicial district
Boone Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
80,689
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 74,718.

At a glance

Boone County is an 80,689-person venue. The county population is 87% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $108,013, $36,055 above the IN state median of $71,958; 51.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 7.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and Chinese. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 44.1% of covered employment, average pay $55,898/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.67%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 57% to 61% of the vote across the three.

Population
74,718
Median household income
$111,250
Unemployment
2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 3%.

Boone County has a population of 74,718, with a median age of 38.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 87.3%; Black residents 3.1%. Independently, 4.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $108,013; 51.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 5.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 64,419 86.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,234 4.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,239 3.0%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,659 3.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,088 2.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 14 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

  • Under 18 19,066 25.5%
  • 18–24 5,657 7.6%
  • 25–44 19,514 26.1%
  • 45–64 19,287 25.8%
  • 65 and over 11,194 15.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$108,013
90% interval $102,804–$113,222
+$36,055 vs IN · 2nd of 92
Below poverty line
5.6%
90% interval 4.4%–6.8%
−6.5 pp vs IN · 90th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 44% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 44.1% of covered employment, followed by Professional & business services at 12.6%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.67%, below the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.7%
−0.75 pp vs. state
County GDP
$6.4B
1.23% of state
Avg. annual pay
$58,811
Establishments
2,709

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 21,100 44.1%
  • Professional & business services 6,020 12.6%
  • Education & health services 5,884 12.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 4,097 8.6%
  • Manufacturing 3,927 8.2%
  • Public administration 1,128 2.4%
  • Other services 1,110 2.3%
  • Information 35 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 90.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
78.8%
+8.2 pp vs IN · 36th of 92
Median gross rent
$1,359
+$297 vs IN · 3rd of 92
Owner-occupied
22,641
Renter-occupied
6,097

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $76,644/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,156/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Boone County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.0% in 2024, 58.0% in 2020, 61.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 40,062 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201661.3%31.8%
202058.0%39.6%
202457.0%41.0%
  • Republican 22,840 57.0%
  • Democratic 16,426 41.0%
  • Other / third-party 796 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, English-speaking

Family households are 71% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

7.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.0% of the adult civilian population (3,333 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

92.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,844 2.6%
  • Chinese 921 1.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 285 0.4%
  • Tagalog 179 0.3%
  • Arabic 141 0.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 138 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 80 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 50 0.1%
  • Korean 31 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
28,738
Family households
20,443
71.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
7,574
37.0% of families
Single-mother families
1,450
7.1% of families
Veterans
3,333
6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 13,466 19.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 8,978 12.7%
  • Catholic 6,237 8.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,408 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.5%
±1 pp
Uninsured
4.5%
±1 pp
82nd of 92
With a disability
10.3%
±1 pp
89th of 92
Bachelor's or higher
51.7%
±2.3 pp
+22.2 pp vs IN · 2nd of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
5.9%
90% interval 5.3%–6.5% · 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
Boone Circuit Court
Judges
4 (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
Lebanon
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Boone totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 6 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
6
10.78 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Boone County, Indiana 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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