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Jury Pool Profile

Dubois County, Indiana

Republican +42.2 (2024)
County seat
Jasper
Judicial district
Dubois Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
44,016
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 43,614.

At a glance

Dubois County is a 44,016-person venue. The county population is 88% White (Census race-alone categories). 10% identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race. Median household income is $80,326, $8,368 above the IN state median of $71,958; 25.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 38.5% of covered employment, average pay $61,738/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.72%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 67% to 70% of the vote across the three.

Population
43,614
Median household income
$75,979
Unemployment
2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 88% / 1%.

Dubois County has a population of 43,614, with a median age of 40.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 88.0%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 10.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $80,326; 25.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 37,882 86.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,372 10.0%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 336 0.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 211 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 666 1.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 108 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.3

  • Under 18 10,582 24.3%
  • 18–24 3,154 7.2%
  • 25–44 10,291 23.6%
  • 45–64 11,403 26.1%
  • 65 and over 8,184 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$80,326
90% interval $73,426–$87,226
+$8,368 vs IN · 13th of 92
Below poverty line
7.7%
90% interval 6.1%–9.3%
−4.4 pp vs IN · 86th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 39% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 38.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.72%, below the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.7%
−0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.8B
0.74% of state
Avg. annual pay
$55,301
Establishments
1,414

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 10,753 38.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 5,342 19.1%
  • Education & health services 4,615 16.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,038 7.3%
  • Professional & business services 1,330 4.8%
  • Construction 1,119 4.0%
  • Public administration 900 3.2%
  • Financial activities 638 2.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 501 1.8%
  • Other services 494 1.8%
  • Information 171 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
74.7%
+4.1 pp vs IN · 62nd of 92
Median gross rent
$834
−$228 vs IN · 62nd of 92
Owner-occupied
13,131
Renter-occupied
4,443

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 74% 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, $72,110/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,449/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Institutional employer scale

    Average establishment employs 20 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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Dubois County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 70.0% in 2024, 69.1% in 2020, 67.1% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,406 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201667.1%27.1%
202069.1%28.9%
202470.0%27.8%
  • Republican 14,983 70.0%
  • Democratic 5,944 27.8%
  • Other / third-party 479 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.4% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.4% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 7.0% of the adult civilian population (2,322 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

91.6% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 2,807 6.9%
  • German or other West Germanic 240 0.6%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 44 0.1%
  • Chinese 40 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
17,574
Family households
11,987
68.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,169
26.4% of families
Single-mother families
955
8.0% of families
Veterans
2,322
7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

65.8% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 19,658 45.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 4,721 10.8%
  • Evangelical Protestant 3,674 8.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 667 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.8%
±1.3 pp
Uninsured
5.2%
±1.3 pp
69th of 92
With a disability
11.8%
±1.2 pp
85th of 92
Bachelor's or higher
25.7%
±2.3 pp
−3.8 pp vs IN · 21st of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
9.1%
90% interval 8.1%–10.1% · 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
Dubois 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
Jasper
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Dubois totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
9.08 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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