Jefferson County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 30,012 91.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,148 3.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 343 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 270 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 903 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 60 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 251 0.8%

• Under 18 6,579 19.9%
• 18–24 3,207 9.7%
• 25–44 8,081 24.5%
• 45–64 8,791 26.6%
• 65 and over 6,340 19.2%

Median household income

$70,467

90% interval $64,128–$76,806

−$1,491 vs IN · 46th of 92

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 11.5%–16.9%

+2.1 pp vs IN · 18th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.11 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.1B

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,876

Establishments

742

• Education & health services 3,642 28.4%
• Manufacturing 2,992 23.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,610 20.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,332 10.4%
• Public administration 752 5.9%
• Professional & business services 577 4.5%
• Construction 318 2.5%
• Financial activities 275 2.1%
• Other services 228 1.8%
• Information 75 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 34 0.3%

Home ownership

71.8%

+1.2 pp vs IN · 76th of 92

Median gross rent

$890

−$172 vs IN · 41st of 92

Owner-occupied

9,188

Renter-occupied

3,602

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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 (Manufacturing, $71,623/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,335/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 9,614 67.1%
• Democratic 4,442 31.0%
• Other / third-party 269 1.9%

• Spanish 528 1.7%
• German or other West Germanic 348 1.1%
• Chinese 80 0.3%
• Tagalog 13 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%

Households

12,790

Family households

8,305

64.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,193

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

726

8.7% of families

Veterans

1,642

6.2% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

92.4%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±1.8 pp

25th of 92

With a disability

19.7%

±1.9 pp

11th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

19.8%

±2.2 pp

−9.7 pp vs IN · 51st of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.2%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

2

7.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2