Huntington County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 34,168 92.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,164 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 257 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 232 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 844 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 90 0.2%

• Under 18 7,963 21.6%
• 18–24 3,429 9.3%
• 25–44 8,922 24.2%
• 45–64 9,603 26.1%
• 65 and over 6,881 18.7%

Median household income

$72,146

90% interval $69,229–$75,063

+$188 vs IN · 37th of 92

Below poverty line

8.8%

90% interval 6.8%–10.8%

−3.3 pp vs IN · 75th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.36 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,677

Establishments

1,004

• Manufacturing 3,552 25.6%
• Education & health services 2,749 19.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,528 18.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,284 9.3%
• Professional & business services 819 5.9%
• Other services 756 5.5%
• Construction 571 4.1%
• Public administration 521 3.8%
• Financial activities 442 3.2%
• Information 346 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 287 2.1%

Home ownership

77.4%

+6.8 pp vs IN · 43rd of 92

Median gross rent

$879

−$183 vs IN · 43rd of 92

Owner-occupied

11,920

Renter-occupied

3,483

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Construction, $74,326/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,266/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 12,990 73.3%
• Democratic 4,416 24.9%
• Other / third-party 314 1.8%

• Spanish 464 1.3%
• Chinese 158 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 77 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 50 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 38 0.1%
• Korean 16 0.0%
• Tagalog 12 0.0%

Households

15,403

Family households

10,276

66.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,474

24.1% of families

Single-mother families

756

7.4% of families

Veterans

1,991

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,417 14.8%
• Catholic 4,494 12.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,342 9.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,075 2.9%

Health insured

94.5%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±1 pp

65th of 92

With a disability

16.5%

±1.3 pp

38th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±1.8 pp

−8.2 pp vs IN · 33rd of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.6%

90% interval 6.7%–8.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Huntington 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

Huntington

Traffic fatalities

7

24.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7