Clark County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 98,935 79.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,547 6.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,710 7.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,478 1.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,094 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 35 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 542 0.4%

• Under 18 27,419 22.0%
• 18–24 9,410 7.6%
• 25–44 34,594 27.8%
• 45–64 32,134 25.8%
• 65 and over 20,797 16.7%

Median household income

$74,005

90% interval $69,216–$78,794

+$2,047 vs IN · 30th of 92

Below poverty line

10.5%

90% interval 8.7%–12.3%

−1.6 pp vs IN · 56th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.6B

1.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,014

Establishments

3,261

• Trade, transportation & utilities 20,729 34.6%
• Education & health services 10,381 17.3%
• Manufacturing 7,274 12.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,801 11.3%
• Professional & business services 4,531 7.6%
• Construction 3,078 5.1%
• Financial activities 3,077 5.1%
• Public administration 2,356 3.9%
• Other services 1,318 2.2%
• Information 275 0.5%
• Natural resources & mining 131 0.2%

Home ownership

74.7%

+4.1 pp vs IN · 61st of 92

Median gross rent

$1,129

+$67 vs IN · 10th of 92

Owner-occupied

38,300

Renter-occupied

12,942

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $83,980/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,724/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 34,734 59.3%
• Democratic 22,810 38.9%
• Other / third-party 1,026 1.8%

• Spanish 5,411 4.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 296 0.3%
• Chinese 242 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 196 0.2%
• Korean 127 0.1%
• Vietnamese 95 0.1%
• Tagalog 65 0.1%
• Arabic 30 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 11 0.0%

Households

51,242

Family households

32,920

64.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,709

26.5% of families

Single-mother families

2,965

9.0% of families

Veterans

7,327

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 25,127 20.8%
• Catholic 8,728 7.2%
• Mainline Protestant 5,283 4.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,516 2.9%
• Black Protestant 880 0.7%

Health insured

93.3%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

6.7%

±0.7 pp

44th of 92

With a disability

15.6%

±1 pp

47th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

27.7%

±1.4 pp

−1.8 pp vs IN · 16th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.6%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Clark Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Jeffersonville

Traffic fatalities

14

14.44 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13