Jury Pool Profile

Jay County, Indiana

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 20,281
Median household income: $54,114
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 19,026 93.8%
Black or African American alone 62 0.3%
Asian alone 68 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 27 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 285 1.4%
Two or more races 813 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 911 4.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 5,214 25.7%
18–24 1,643 8.1%
25–44 4,479 22.1%
45–64 5,268 26.0%
65 and over 3,677 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,103
Establishments: 428

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,680 38.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,194 17.0%
Education & health services 1,031 14.7%
Natural resources & mining 484 6.9%
Leisure & hospitality 411 5.8%
Public administration 334 4.8%
Construction 279 4.0%
Professional & business services 274 3.9%
Financial activities 158 2.2%
Other services 129 1.8%
Information 53 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.0%
Median gross rent: $766
Owner-occupied: 6,211
Renter-occupied: 1,748

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,102 votes cast

Republican 6,217 76.7%
Democratic 1,747 21.6%
Other / third-party 138 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

German 775 4.1%
Spanish 270 1.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.2%
Vietnamese 10 0.1%
Slavic languages 9 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%
Other Indo-European 5 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,959
Family households: 5,060; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,604
Single-mother households: 474
Veterans: 1,076; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,265 15.9%
Mainline Protestant 2,140 10.5%
Catholic 1,564 7.6%
Black Protestant 700 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.3%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Jay 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: Portland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 39.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023