Jay County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,768 92.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 922 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 67 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 449 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 5,185 25.6%
• 18–24 1,659 8.2%
• 25–44 4,541 22.4%
• 45–64 5,144 25.4%
• 65 and over 3,700 18.3%

Median household income

$58,963

90% interval $53,010–$64,916

−$12,995 vs IN · 88th of 92

Below poverty line

14.7%

90% interval 12.1%–17.3%

+2.6 pp vs IN · 14th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.5B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,723

Establishments

432

• Manufacturing 2,602 37.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,160 16.7%
• Education & health services 1,008 14.5%
• Natural resources & mining 491 7.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 431 6.2%
• Public administration 342 4.9%
• Professional & business services 301 4.3%
• Construction 266 3.8%
• Financial activities 159 2.3%
• Other services 137 2.0%
• Information 53 0.8%

Home ownership

79.9%

+9.3 pp vs IN · 31st of 92

Median gross rent

$770

−$292 vs IN · 79th of 92

Owner-occupied

6,239

Renter-occupied

1,568

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $62,823/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,358/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 6,217 76.7%
• Democratic 1,747 21.6%
• Other / third-party 138 1.7%

• German or other West Germanic 1,006 5.3%
• Spanish 257 1.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 20 0.1%
• Vietnamese 7 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 6 0.0%
• Tagalog 6 0.0%

Households

7,807

Family households

5,044

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,259

25.0% of families

Single-mother families

450

8.9% of families

Veterans

907

6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

89.2%

±2.4 pp

Uninsured

10.8%

±2.4 pp

11th of 92

With a disability

18.4%

±1.8 pp

25th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

13.3%

±1.9 pp

−16.2 pp vs IN · 86th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.8%

90% interval 9.5%–12.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

4

26.59 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4