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Jury Pool Profile

Clinton County, Indiana

Republican +48.0 (2024)
County seat
Frankfort
Judicial district
Clinton Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
33,322
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 32,944.

At a glance

Clinton County is a 33,322-person venue. The county population is 82% White (Census race-alone categories). 19% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $68,732, $3,226 below the IN state median of $71,958; 16.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 12.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 37.7% of covered employment, average pay $63,239/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.93%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 72% to 73% of the vote across the three.

Population
32,944
Median household income
$65,019
Unemployment
2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 82% / 1%.

Clinton County has a population of 32,944, with a median age of 36.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 82.4%; Black residents 0.6%. Independently, 19.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $68,732; 16.5% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 25,628 77.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,415 19.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 175 0.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 147 0.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 550 1.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 20 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

  • Under 18 8,848 26.9%
  • 18–24 2,811 8.5%
  • 25–44 7,948 24.1%
  • 45–64 8,000 24.3%
  • 65 and over 5,337 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$68,732
90% interval $62,312–$75,152
−$3,226 vs IN · 51st of 92
Below poverty line
12.6%
90% interval 10.3%–14.9%
+0.5 pp vs IN · 32nd of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 38% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 37.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 16.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.93%, below the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.9%
−0.49 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.0B
0.39% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,032
Establishments
645

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 4,351 37.7%
  • Education & health services 1,875 16.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,762 15.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 904 7.8%
  • Public administration 563 4.9%
  • Construction 556 4.8%
  • Financial activities 522 4.5%
  • Professional & business services 392 3.4%
  • Other services 293 2.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 226 2.0%
  • Information 96 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.2%
+3.6 pp vs IN · 67th of 92
Median gross rent
$920
−$142 vs IN · 33rd of 92
Owner-occupied
9,271
Renter-occupied
3,225

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.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Construction, $75,845/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,636/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • 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 strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clinton County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.2% in 2024, 72.1% in 2020, 71.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,443 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201671.7%23.7%
202072.1%26.0%
202473.2%25.2%
  • Republican 9,108 73.2%
  • Democratic 3,135 25.2%
  • Other / third-party 200 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 12.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

12.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 5.6% of the adult civilian population (1,338 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

87.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 3,648 11.9%
  • German or other West Germanic 48 0.2%
  • Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
12,496
Family households
8,220
65.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,324
28.3% of families
Single-mother families
694
8.4% of families
Veterans
1,338
5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 5,831 17.6%
  • Catholic 5,311 16.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,958 8.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.3%
±1.5 pp
Uninsured
7.7%
±1.5 pp
23rd of 92
With a disability
11.3%
±1.3 pp
87th of 92
Bachelor's or higher
16.5%
±1.9 pp
−13.0 pp vs IN · 69th of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.0%
90% interval 9.9%–12.1% · 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
Clinton 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
Frankfort
Court reference
Traffic safety context

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

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

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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