Jasper County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,888 86.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,526 7.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 224 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 55 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,528 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%

• Under 18 7,650 23.0%
• 18–24 2,598 7.8%
• 25–44 8,014 24.1%
• 45–64 8,766 26.4%
• 65 and over 6,206 18.7%

Median household income

$76,990

90% interval $73,287–$80,693

+$5,032 vs IN · 25th of 92

Below poverty line

10.1%

90% interval 8.3%–11.9%

−2.0 pp vs IN · 62nd of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

+0.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.0B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,063

Establishments

879

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,179 27.9%
• Education & health services 2,107 18.5%
• Manufacturing 1,466 12.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,087 9.5%
• Construction 874 7.7%
• Natural resources & mining 797 7.0%
• Professional & business services 743 6.5%
• Public administration 451 4.0%
• Financial activities 323 2.8%
• Other services 257 2.3%
• Information 106 0.9%

Home ownership

83.6%

+13.0 pp vs IN · 5th of 92

Median gross rent

$962

−$100 vs IN · 25th of 92

Owner-occupied

10,659

Renter-occupied

2,096

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $76,616/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,052/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 12,082 76.4%
• Democratic 3,489 22.1%
• Other / third-party 250 1.6%

• Spanish 1,476 4.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 57 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 45 0.1%
• Chinese 28 0.1%
• Arabic 21 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.0%
• Korean 10 0.0%

Households

12,755

Family households

8,843

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,576

29.1% of families

Single-mother families

655

7.4% of families

Veterans

1,669

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,332 22.3%
• Mainline Protestant 4,139 12.6%
• Catholic 3,754 11.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 599 1.8%

Health insured

94.5%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±1.3 pp

66th of 92

With a disability

16.6%

±1.5 pp

36th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

19.2%

±2.2 pp

−10.3 pp vs IN · 53rd of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.4%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Jasper 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

Rensselaer

Traffic fatalities

13

50.81 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12