Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Indiana

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 33,074
Median household income: $59,987
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,798 93.1%
Black or African American alone 363 1.1%
Asian alone 242 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 48 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 7 0.0%
Some other race alone 389 1.2%
Two or more races 1,227 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,125 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.6

Under 18 6,628 20.0%
18–24 3,223 9.7%
25–44 8,155 24.7%
45–64 8,865 26.8%
65 and over 6,203 18.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.4% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,879
Establishments: 726

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,590 27.9%
Manufacturing 2,971 23.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,646 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 1,370 10.7%
Public administration 759 5.9%
Professional & business services 594 4.6%
Construction 303 2.4%
Financial activities 264 2.1%
Other services 244 1.9%
Information 84 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 25 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.4%
Median gross rent: $865
Owner-occupied: 8,816
Renter-occupied: 3,883

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,325 votes cast

Republican 9,614 67.1%
Democratic 4,442 31.0%
Other / third-party 269 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 602 1.9%
German 255 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 105 0.3%
Chinese 89 0.3%
Tagalog 51 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,699
Family households: 7,950; 62.6% of households
Married w/ children: 5,459
Single-mother households: 768
Veterans: 1,598; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,537 16.7%
Mainline Protestant 3,932 11.9%
Catholic 2,843 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 566 1.7%
Black Protestant 278 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.2%
With a disability: 19.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Jefferson Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Madison

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 34.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023