Decatur County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 24,597 93.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 667 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 103 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 898 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 132 0.5%

• Under 18 6,208 23.5%
• 18–24 2,098 7.9%
• 25–44 6,472 24.5%
• 45–64 6,847 25.9%
• 65 and over 4,797 18.2%

Median household income

$71,515

90% interval $63,403–$79,627

−$443 vs IN · 39th of 92

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.1%–12.7%

−1.7 pp vs IN · 57th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.33 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,803

Establishments

725

• Manufacturing 4,346 31.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,774 20.3%
• Education & health services 2,114 15.5%
• Professional & business services 1,730 12.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 965 7.1%
• Public administration 447 3.3%
• Other services 340 2.5%
• Construction 334 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 280 2.0%
• Financial activities 272 2.0%
• Information 65 0.5%

Home ownership

76.1%

+5.5 pp vs IN · 54th of 92

Median gross rent

$861

−$201 vs IN · 47th of 92

Owner-occupied

8,151

Renter-occupied

2,561

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $85,508/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,586/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 9,491 78.4%
• Democratic 2,406 19.9%
• Other / third-party 214 1.8%

• Spanish 533 2.1%
• German or other West Germanic 67 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 11 0.0%

Households

10,712

Family households

7,195

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,989

27.6% of families

Single-mother families

557

7.7% of families

Veterans

1,391

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,868 18.4%
• Mainline Protestant 3,715 14.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,696 10.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

96.1%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

3.9%

±1.2 pp

86th of 92

With a disability

12.5%

±1.4 pp

79th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

20.0%

±2.5 pp

−9.5 pp vs IN · 48th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.6%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Decatur Circuit Court

Judges

2 (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

Greensburg

Traffic fatalities

6

29.68 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6