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Carroll County, Indiana

Republican +52.1 (2024)
County seat
Delphi
Judicial district
Carroll Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
20,655
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 20,535.

At a glance

Carroll County is a 20,655-person venue. The county population is 94% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $73,200, $1,242 above the IN state median of $71,958; 17.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 13.2% of covered employment, average pay $53,031/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.96%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 73% to 75% of the vote across the three.

Population
20,535
Median household income
$65,645
Unemployment
3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 94% / 0%.

Carroll County has a population of 20,535, with a median age of 43.2. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.0%; Black residents 0.3%. Independently, 4.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $73,200; 17.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 18,990 92.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 942 4.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 53 0.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 503 2.4%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.2

  • Under 18 4,470 21.8%
  • 18–24 1,527 7.4%
  • 25–44 4,745 23.1%
  • 45–64 5,538 27.0%
  • 65 and over 4,255 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$73,200
90% interval $65,274–$81,126
+$1,242 vs IN · 32nd of 92
Below poverty line
9.0%
90% interval 7.0%–11.0%
−3.1 pp vs IN · 71st of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Manufacturing, about 41% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 13.2% of covered employment, followed by Leisure & hospitality at 11.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.96%, below the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.0%
−0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP
$951.5M
0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay
$51,941
Establishments
445

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 744 13.2%
  • Leisure & hospitality 650 11.5%
  • Education & health services 641 11.3%
  • Professional & business services 348 6.2%
  • Construction 343 6.1%
  • Public administration 308 5.4%
  • Information 27 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 54.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
82.2%
+11.6 pp vs IN · 13th of 92
Median gross rent
$890
−$172 vs IN · 40th of 92
Owner-occupied
6,645
Renter-occupied
1,440

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 36% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Construction, $70,033/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,519/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 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 strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 74%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Carroll County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.2% in 2024, 74.6% in 2020, 72.9% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,177 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201672.9%22.0%
202074.6%23.4%
202475.2%23.1%
  • Republican 6,902 75.2%
  • Democratic 2,120 23.1%
  • Other / third-party 155 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Tagalog. Veterans account for 7.8% of the adult civilian population (1,259 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 405 2.1%
  • German or other West Germanic 219 1.1%
  • Tagalog 21 0.1%
  • Arabic 12 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.1%
  • Korean 6 0.0%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
8,085
Family households
5,254
65.0% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,477
28.1% of families
Single-mother families
288
5.5% of families
Veterans
1,259
7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

30.1% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 3,287 16.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,864 9.2%
  • Catholic 969 4.8%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.8%
±2.4 pp
Uninsured
12.2%
±2.4 pp
9th of 92
With a disability
12.3%
±1.7 pp
82nd of 92
Bachelor's or higher
17.2%
±2 pp
−12.3 pp vs IN · 64th of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.6%
90% interval 8.5%–10.7% · 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
Carroll 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
Delphi
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Carroll totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 2 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
2
12.45 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
2

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Carroll 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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