Jury Pool Profile

Brown County, Indiana

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 15,543
Median household income: $72,644
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 14,697 94.6%
Black or African American alone 93 0.6%
Asian alone 82 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 107 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 49 0.3%
Some other race alone 49 0.3%
Two or more races 466 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 312 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50.9

Under 18 2,586 16.6%
18–24 890 5.7%
25–44 3,129 20.1%
45–64 4,857 31.2%
65 and over 4,081 26.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $442.6M; 0.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $37,453
Establishments: 365

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 948 29.1%
Education & health services 563 17.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 498 15.3%
Professional & business services 449 13.8%
Public administration 261 8.0%
Construction 171 5.2%
Manufacturing 154 4.7%
Other services 86 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 37 1.1%
Information 15 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.9%
Median gross rent: $960
Owner-occupied: 5,754
Renter-occupied: 941

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,627 votes cast

Republican 5,647 65.5%
Democratic 2,832 32.8%
Other / third-party 148 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 269 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 53 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 27 0.2%
Tagalog 25 0.2%
German 8 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,695
Family households: 4,921; 73.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,084
Single-mother households: 199
Veterans: 1,314; 10.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,752 17.8%
Mainline Protestant 832 5.4%
Catholic 722 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 235 1.5%
Orthodox 15 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Brown 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: Nashville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 38.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023