Dearborn County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 48,064 94.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 795 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 139 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 273 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,509 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 314 0.6%

• Under 18 11,176 21.9%
• 18–24 3,963 7.8%
• 25–44 11,879 23.2%
• 45–64 14,238 27.9%
• 65 and over 9,838 19.3%

Median household income

$89,808

90% interval $82,750–$96,866

+$17,850 vs IN · 6th of 92

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 7.0%–10.2%

−3.5 pp vs IN · 76th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.6B

0.5% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,711

Establishments

1,234

• Education & health services 3,711 24.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,991 19.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,631 17.5%
• Manufacturing 2,074 13.8%
• Professional & business services 868 5.8%
• Public administration 800 5.3%
• Information 54 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 87.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.2%

+14.6 pp vs IN · 3rd of 92

Median gross rent

$845

−$217 vs IN · 53rd of 92

Owner-occupied

17,287

Renter-occupied

2,995

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Manufacturing, $73,460/yr) pays 2.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,827/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.

• Republican 20,844 78.4%
• Democratic 5,335 20.1%
• Other / third-party 409 1.5%

• Spanish 321 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 182 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 64 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 33 0.1%
• Vietnamese 20 0.0%
• Tagalog 13 0.0%

Households

20,282

Family households

14,135

69.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,235

30.0% of families

Single-mother families

822

5.8% of families

Veterans

3,057

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,733 13.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,075 10.0%
• Mainline Protestant 3,731 7.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 938 1.9%

Health insured

95.2%

±1 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1 pp

76th of 92

With a disability

15.3%

±1.5 pp

51st of 92

Bachelor's or higher

25.3%

±2 pp

−4.2 pp vs IN · 23rd of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.4%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Dearborn 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

Lawrenceburg

Traffic fatalities

8

20.04 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7