Jury Pool Profile

Clay County, Indiana

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 26,431
Median household income: $67,676
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 25,112 95.0%
Black or African American alone 81 0.3%
Asian alone 60 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.1%
Some other race alone 154 0.6%
Two or more races 1,000 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 496 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 6,142 23.2%
18–24 1,868 7.1%
25–44 6,530 24.7%
45–64 6,997 26.5%
65 and over 4,894 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,786
Establishments: 529

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,179 38.9%
Education & health services 1,585 19.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,196 14.6%
Leisure & hospitality 777 9.5%
Public administration 369 4.5%
Other services 301 3.7%
Construction 270 3.3%
Professional & business services 217 2.7%
Financial activities 178 2.2%
Information 62 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 37 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $837
Owner-occupied: 8,165
Renter-occupied: 2,376

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,050 votes cast

Republican 9,354 77.6%
Democratic 2,495 20.7%
Other / third-party 201 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

99.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 175 0.7%
Tagalog 35 0.1%
German 25 0.1%
Other Indo-European 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,541
Family households: 7,284; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,434
Single-mother households: 694
Veterans: 1,539; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,999 18.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,628 9.9%
Catholic 450 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 284 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Clay Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Brazil

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 14.79 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023