Jury Pool Profile

DeKalb County, Indiana

Republican +47 (2024)

Population: 43,584
Median household income: $70,080
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,393 95.0%
Black or African American alone 92 0.2%
Asian alone 248 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 25 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 230 0.5%
Two or more races 1,596 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,280 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 10,586 24.3%
18–24 3,451 7.9%
25–44 10,774 24.7%
45–64 11,362 26.1%
65 and over 7,411 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.4B; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,916
Establishments: 1,084

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 9,572 43.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,160 18.7%
Education & health services 2,695 12.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,698 7.6%
Professional & business services 1,348 6.1%
Construction 714 3.2%
Public administration 712 3.2%
Financial activities 587 2.6%
Other services 451 2.0%
Information 136 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 129 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $828
Owner-occupied: 13,994
Renter-occupied: 3,014

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,785 votes cast

Republican 14,377 72.7%
Democratic 5,064 25.6%
Other / third-party 344 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 376 0.9%
German 284 0.7%
Other Indo-European 67 0.2%
Tagalog 62 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 54 0.1%
Arabic 45 0.1%
Korean 32 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.0%
Other 10 0.0%
Chinese 9 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,008
Family households: 11,837; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 9,294
Single-mother households: 1,032
Veterans: 2,155; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,876 20.5%
Catholic 2,439 5.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,395 5.5%
Black Protestant 1,500 3.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: DeKalb 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: Auburn

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 24.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023