Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Indiana

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 46,319
Median household income: $70,208
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,783 81.6%
Black or African American alone 515 1.1%
Asian alone 1,020 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 369 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,560 5.5%
Two or more races 4,050 8.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,288 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.8

Under 18 11,656 25.2%
18–24 3,688 8.0%
25–44 12,042 26.0%
45–64 11,508 24.8%
65 and over 7,425 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 0.69% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,520
Establishments: 1,036

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,669 29.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,511 24.3%
Education & health services 3,925 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,461 6.5%
Professional & business services 1,456 6.4%
Public administration 1,021 4.5%
Construction 939 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 587 2.6%
Financial activities 581 2.6%
Other services 382 1.7%
Information 100 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $946
Owner-occupied: 13,038
Renter-occupied: 4,707

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,653 votes cast

Republican 14,323 76.8%
Democratic 4,015 21.5%
Other / third-party 315 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,780 8.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 512 1.2%
Other Indo-European 287 0.7%
German 177 0.4%
Other 65 0.2%
Vietnamese 37 0.1%
Tagalog 29 0.1%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 17,745
Family households: 12,007; 67.7% of households
Married w/ children: 9,279
Single-mother households: 844
Veterans: 2,099; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,024 41.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,395 7.3%
Catholic 2,500 5.4%
Black Protestant 252 0.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 201 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.8%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Jackson Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Brownstown

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 23.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023