Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Indiana

Republican +64 (2024)

Population: 22,929
Median household income: $79,702
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 22,100 96.4%
Black or African American alone 34 0.1%
Asian alone 149 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 142 0.6%
Two or more races 504 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 258 1.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.3

Under 18 5,186 22.6%
18–24 1,717 7.5%
25–44 5,100 22.2%
45–64 6,415 28.0%
65 and over 4,511 19.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $773.3M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,624
Establishments: 366

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,153 28.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 946 23.2%
Leisure & hospitality 442 10.8%
Manufacturing 327 8.0%
Public administration 307 7.5%
Professional & business services 292 7.1%
Construction 247 6.0%
Financial activities 165 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 52 1.3%
Information 26 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.5%
Median gross rent: $803
Owner-occupied: 7,440
Renter-occupied: 1,691

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,032 votes cast

Republican 9,810 81.5%
Democratic 2,061 17.1%
Other / third-party 161 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.2% speak only English at home

Korean 205 0.9%
Vietnamese 108 0.5%
Other Indo-European 72 0.3%
Slavic languages 58 0.3%
German 56 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 39 0.2%
Spanish 38 0.2%
Other 25 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,131
Family households: 6,256; 68.5% of households
Married w/ children: 4,910
Single-mother households: 428
Veterans: 1,594; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,544 19.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,735 12.0%
Mainline Protestant 1,034 4.5%
Black Protestant 180 0.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.0%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Franklin 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: Brookville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 28.18 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023