Hamilton County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 287,023 78.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,577 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 16,123 4.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 25,023 6.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 14,014 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 104 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 120 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,072 0.6%

• Under 18 92,736 25.4%
• 18–24 28,942 7.9%
• 25–44 98,439 27.0%
• 45–64 94,266 25.8%
• 65 and over 50,673 13.9%

Median household income

$127,452

90% interval $121,758–$133,146

+$55,494 vs IN · 1st of 92

Below poverty line

4.7%

90% interval 4.0%–5.4%

−7.4 pp vs IN · 92nd of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.7%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$31.6B

6.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$72,332

Establishments

13,672

• Education & health services 35,937 21.4%
• Professional & business services 30,535 18.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 29,410 17.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 22,354 13.3%
• Financial activities 18,902 11.3%
• Construction 10,134 6.0%
• Manufacturing 7,660 4.6%
• Other services 5,242 3.1%
• Public administration 4,342 2.6%
• Information 2,224 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 1,099 0.7%

Home ownership

76.1%

+5.5 pp vs IN · 55th of 92

Median gross rent

$1,574

+$512 vs IN · 1st of 92

Owner-occupied

104,416

Renter-occupied

32,836

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $112,960/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $27,491/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 102,318 52.1%
• Democratic 90,394 46.0%
• Other / third-party 3,729 1.9%

• Spanish 11,849 3.4%
• Chinese 4,195 1.2%
• Arabic 3,785 1.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,846 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,660 0.5%
• Korean 1,026 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 935 0.3%
• Tagalog 617 0.2%
• Vietnamese 606 0.2%

Households

137,252

Family households

100,708

73.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

41,280

41.0% of families

Single-mother families

5,583

5.5% of families

Veterans

12,944

4.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 55,700 16.0%
• Catholic 47,778 13.8%
• Mainline Protestant 17,544 5.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,091 3.2%
• Orthodox 4,200 1.2%
• Black Protestant 2,732 0.8%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.5 pp

85th of 92

With a disability

8.0%

±0.5 pp

92nd of 92

Bachelor's or higher

61.9%

±1.4 pp

+32.4 pp vs IN · 1st of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.6%

90% interval 4.2%–5.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Hamilton 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

Noblesville

Traffic fatalities

18

6.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

18