Jury Pool Profile

Hancock County, Indiana

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 82,013
Median household income: $91,326
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 73,769 89.9%
Black or African American alone 2,570 3.1%
Asian alone 753 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 65 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 868 1.1%
Two or more races 3,988 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,613 3.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 19,096 23.3%
18–24 6,078 7.4%
25–44 20,924 25.5%
45–64 21,837 26.6%
65 and over 14,078 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.9B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,651
Establishments: 2,045

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,748 23.2%
Education & health services 5,915 20.4%
Manufacturing 5,104 17.6%
Professional & business services 3,658 12.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,795 9.6%
Construction 1,794 6.2%
Public administration 1,418 4.9%
Financial activities 711 2.4%
Other services 583 2.0%
Information 174 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 151 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.6%
Median gross rent: $1,121
Owner-occupied: 25,664
Renter-occupied: 6,582

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 44,431 votes cast

Republican 29,288 65.9%
Democratic 14,312 32.2%
Other / third-party 831 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,823 2.4%
Other Indo-European 471 0.6%
Other 311 0.4%
German 145 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 87 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 60 0.1%
Vietnamese 50 0.1%
Korean 22 0.0%
Tagalog 22 0.0%
Slavic languages 15 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,246
Family households: 23,154; 71.8% of households
Married w/ children: 18,984
Single-mother households: 1,225
Veterans: 4,519; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 15,734 19.7%
Catholic 5,671 7.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,664 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 224 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 12.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Hancock 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: Greenfield

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 17.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023