Daviess County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,429 87.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,193 6.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 525 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 88 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,233 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 169 0.5%

• Under 18 10,015 29.8%
• 18–24 2,727 8.1%
• 25–44 8,329 24.7%
• 45–64 7,203 21.4%
• 65 and over 5,384 16.0%

Median household income

$68,390

90% interval $61,968–$74,812

−$3,568 vs IN · 52nd of 92

Below poverty line

12.4%

90% interval 9.9%–14.9%

+0.3 pp vs IN · 33rd of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,039

Establishments

994

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,992 22.5%
• Manufacturing 2,742 20.6%
• Education & health services 2,224 16.7%
• Construction 1,766 13.3%
• Professional & business services 940 7.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 894 6.7%
• Public administration 548 4.1%
• Financial activities 522 3.9%
• Other services 324 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 269 2.0%
• Information 85 0.6%

Home ownership

72.4%

+1.8 pp vs IN · 74th of 92

Median gross rent

$847

−$215 vs IN · 52nd of 92

Owner-occupied

8,552

Renter-occupied

3,262

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $83,084/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,372/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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.

• Republican 9,322 81.5%
• Democratic 1,963 17.2%
• Other / third-party 160 1.4%

• German or other West Germanic 4,215 13.7%
• Spanish 1,004 3.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 558 1.8%
• Chinese 10 0.0%
• Tagalog 7 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%

Households

11,814

Family households

8,417

71.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,174

37.7% of families

Single-mother families

516

6.1% of families

Veterans

1,586

6.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 13,687 41.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,571 7.7%
• Catholic 2,312 6.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 248 0.7%
• Black Protestant 202 0.6%

Health insured

78.1%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

21.9%

±2.8 pp

2nd of 92

With a disability

14.3%

±1.4 pp

59th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±2 pp

−13.0 pp vs IN · 70th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

19.8%

90% interval 17.8%–21.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Daviess 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

Washington

Traffic fatalities

7

29.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4