Jury Pool Profile

Elkhart County, Indiana

Republican +32 (2024)

Population: 206,868
Median household income: $65,617
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 155,801 75.3%
Black or African American alone 10,154 4.9%
Asian alone 2,355 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,210 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 77 0.0%
Some other race alone 19,565 9.5%
Two or more races 17,706 8.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 40,368 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.5

Under 18 57,167 27.6%
18–24 18,902 9.1%
25–44 51,210 24.8%
45–64 48,212 23.3%
65 and over 31,377 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $20.6B; 3.96% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,117
Establishments: 5,293

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 60,633 47.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,500 15.3%
Education & health services 17,393 13.7%
Professional & business services 8,776 6.9%
Leisure & hospitality 7,310 5.8%
Construction 4,204 3.3%
Financial activities 2,853 2.2%
Public administration 2,715 2.1%
Other services 2,545 2.0%
Information 670 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 499 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $1,023
Owner-occupied: 51,126
Renter-occupied: 20,634

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 69,694 votes cast

Republican 45,652 65.5%
Democratic 23,082 33.1%
Other / third-party 960 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

77.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 27,636 14.4%
German 12,052 6.3%
Other Indo-European 1,227 0.6%
Slavic languages 561 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 490 0.3%
Other 405 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 333 0.2%
Chinese 265 0.1%
Tagalog 200 0.1%
Arabic 119 0.1%
Vietnamese 75 0.0%
Korean 31 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 71,760
Family households: 48,343; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 36,767
Single-mother households: 5,197
Veterans: 7,418; 5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 55,953 27.0%
Catholic 17,941 8.7%
Black Protestant 8,972 4.3%
Mainline Protestant 8,281 4.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,546 1.7%
Orthodox 247 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.3%
With a disability: 12.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Elkhart Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Goshen

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 20; 13.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 18

NHTSA FARS 2023