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Jury Pool Profile

Crawford County, Indiana

Republican +48.6 (2024)
County seat
English
Judicial district
Crawford Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
10,509
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 10,499.

At a glance

Crawford County is a 10,509-person venue. The county population is 96% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $60,088, $11,870 below the IN state median of $71,958; 11.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.5% 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 23.4% of covered employment, average pay $51,188/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.92%, above the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 73% of the vote across the three.

Population
10,499
Median household income
$49,640
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 96% / 0%.

Crawford County has a population of 10,499, with a median age of 45.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.6%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 1.6% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $60,088; 11.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 16.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 10,004 95.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 167 1.6%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 24 0.2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 292 2.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 45.7

  • Under 18 2,173 20.7%
  • 18–24 771 7.3%
  • 25–44 2,209 21.0%
  • 45–64 3,158 30.1%
  • 65 and over 2,188 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$60,088
90% interval $54,330–$65,846
−$11,870 vs IN · 86th of 92
Below poverty line
16.4%
90% interval 13.1%–19.7%
+4.3 pp vs IN · 7th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 460, Education & health services about 440.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 23.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.92%, above the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
+0.5 pp vs. state
County GDP
$238.6M
0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay
$43,427
Establishments
170

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 457 23.4%
  • Education & health services 440 22.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 195 10.0%
  • Public administration 168 8.6%
  • Information 9 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 64.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
81.3%
+10.7 pp vs IN · 21st of 92
Median gross rent
$686
−$376 vs IN · 91st of 92
Owner-occupied
3,727
Renter-occupied
855

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Moderately concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 56% 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 (Trade, transportation & utilities, $51,188/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,690/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 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: 70%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Crawford County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.2% in 2024, 70.4% in 2020, 65.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 5,011 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201665.6%28.8%
202070.4%27.4%
202473.2%24.6%
  • Republican 3,668 73.2%
  • Democratic 1,235 24.6%
  • Other / third-party 108 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.6% of the adult civilian population (632 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 217 2.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 10 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
4,582
Family households
2,830
61.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
653
23.1% of families
Single-mother families
121
4.3% of families
Veterans
632
7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

32.0% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 1,664 15.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,262 12.0%
  • Catholic 229 2.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 210 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.0%
±1.7 pp
Uninsured
7.0%
±1.7 pp
35th of 92
With a disability
18.1%
±1.9 pp
29th of 92
Bachelor's or higher
11.4%
±2.2 pp
−18.1 pp vs IN · 91st of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.0%
90% interval 9.7%–12.3% · 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
Crawford 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
English
Court reference
Traffic safety context

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

Traffic fatalities
6
72.06 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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