Jury Pool Profile

Howard County, Indiana

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 83,610
Median household income: $62,496
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 71,318 85.3%
Black or African American alone 6,566 7.9%
Asian alone 1,223 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 73 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 519 0.6%
Two or more races 3,905 4.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,260 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41

Under 18 19,205 23.0%
18–24 6,531 7.8%
25–44 19,824 23.7%
45–64 21,694 25.9%
65 and over 16,356 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +2.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.5B; 1.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,420
Establishments: 1,913

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 9,047 25.3%
Education & health services 8,360 23.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,273 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 4,383 12.3%
Construction 1,961 5.5%
Professional & business services 1,664 4.7%
Public administration 1,312 3.7%
Other services 1,227 3.4%
Financial activities 1,125 3.1%
Information 296 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 110 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.9%
Median gross rent: $915
Owner-occupied: 25,247
Renter-occupied: 9,882

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 38,778 votes cast

Republican 25,871 66.7%
Democratic 12,197 31.5%
Other / third-party 710 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 741 0.9%
German 511 0.7%
Vietnamese 327 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 260 0.3%
Other Indo-European 231 0.3%
Chinese 213 0.3%
Other 131 0.2%
Korean 73 0.1%
Tagalog 59 0.1%
Slavic languages 41 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 39 0.0%
Arabic 22 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 35,129
Family households: 21,398; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 14,716
Single-mother households: 2,663
Veterans: 5,358; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 26,570 31.8%
Mainline Protestant 4,562 5.5%
Black Protestant 3,790 4.5%
Catholic 3,593 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,062 1.3%
Orthodox 45 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 17.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Howard Circuit Court
Judges: 6 (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: Kokomo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 23.29 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023