Jury Pool Profile

Fountain County, Indiana

Republican +60 (2024)

Population: 16,546
Median household income: $62,526
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,656 94.6%
Black or African American alone 127 0.8%
Asian alone 46 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 157 0.9%
Two or more races 546 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 472 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 3,659 22.1%
18–24 1,245 7.5%
25–44 3,882 23.5%
45–64 4,506 27.2%
65 and over 3,254 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $637.5M; 0.12% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,309
Establishments: 370

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,890 38.2%
Education & health services 824 16.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 808 16.3%
Leisure & hospitality 456 9.2%
Public administration 261 5.3%
Financial activities 185 3.7%
Professional & business services 138 2.8%
Natural resources & mining 126 2.5%
Construction 120 2.4%
Other services 100 2.0%
Information 44 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.7%
Median gross rent: $837
Owner-occupied: 5,123
Renter-occupied: 1,731

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,981 votes cast

Republican 6,311 79.1%
Democratic 1,526 19.1%
Other / third-party 144 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 218 1.4%
Other Indo-European 112 0.7%
German 28 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Other 6 0.0%
Chinese 3 0.0%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,854
Family households: 4,653; 67.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,534
Single-mother households: 429
Veterans: 989; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,641 22.1%
Mainline Protestant 717 4.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 315 1.9%
Catholic 306 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 18.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Fountain 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: Covington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 15.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023