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Jury Pool Profile

Grant County, Indiana

Republican +41.7 (2024)
County seat
Marion
Judicial district
Grant Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
66,524
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 66,295.

At a glance

Grant County is a 66,524-person venue. The county population is 85% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,314, $19,644 below the IN state median of $71,958; 20.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Education & health services, at 31.4% of covered employment, average pay $56,679/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.74%, above 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
66,295
Median household income
$53,522
Unemployment
3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 85% / 5%.

Grant County has a population of 66,295, with a median age of 38.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.6%; Black residents 4.9%. Independently, 5.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $52,314; 20.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 17.9% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 54,778 82.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,674 5.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,162 4.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 593 0.9%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,813 5.8%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 182 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 28 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38.7

  • Under 18 14,136 21.3%
  • 18–24 8,336 12.6%
  • 25–44 14,642 22.1%
  • 45–64 16,411 24.8%
  • 65 and over 12,770 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$52,314
90% interval $48,070–$56,558
−$19,644 vs IN · 92nd of 92
Below poverty line
17.9%
90% interval 14.8%–21.0%
+5.8 pp vs IN · 4th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Education & health services, about 31% of covered jobs.

Education & health services is the largest employment sector at 31.4% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.74%, above the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.7%
+0.32 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.2B
0.62% of state
Avg. annual pay
$52,159
Establishments
1,293

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 8,703 31.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 6,197 22.4%
  • Manufacturing 4,489 16.2%
  • Professional & business services 2,419 8.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 2,387 8.6%
  • Public administration 916 3.3%
  • Financial activities 835 3.0%
  • Construction 772 2.8%
  • Other services 654 2.4%
  • Information 171 0.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 170 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
72.7%
+2.1 pp vs IN · 71st of 92
Median gross rent
$853
−$209 vs IN · 51st of 92
Owner-occupied
19,470
Renter-occupied
7,303

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 70% 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 (Manufacturing, $70,916/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,992/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Institutional employer scale

    Average establishment employs 21 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.

Grant County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 69.9% in 2024, 68.3% in 2020, 67.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,133 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201667.4%27.8%
202068.3%29.5%
202469.9%28.2%
  • Republican 17,580 69.9%
  • Democratic 7,083 28.2%
  • Other / third-party 470 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.9% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.9% 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 8.4% of the adult civilian population (4,367 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,885 3.0%
  • German or other West Germanic 107 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 87 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 85 0.1%
  • Korean 44 0.1%
  • Tagalog 19 0.0%
  • Arabic 19 0.0%
  • Chinese 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
26,773
Family households
16,382
61.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
3,741
22.8% of families
Single-mother families
2,107
12.9% of families
Veterans
4,367
8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

38.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 15,871 23.8%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,479 8.2%
  • Catholic 2,580 3.9%
  • Black Protestant 1,370 2.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 634 1.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.2%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
6.8%
±0.9 pp
41st of 92
With a disability
20.4%
±1.4 pp
5th of 92
Bachelor's or higher
20.3%
±1.7 pp
−9.2 pp vs IN · 43rd of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.6%
90% interval 7.6%–9.6% · 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
Grant Circuit Court
Judges
4 (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
Marion
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Grant totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 10 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
10
19.17 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
9

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

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