Jury Pool Profile

Jennings County, Indiana

Republican +59 (2024)

Population: 27,584
Median household income: $68,476
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,084 94.6%
Black or African American alone 148 0.5%
Asian alone 135 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 32 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 360 1.3%
Two or more races 825 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 909 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 6,399 23.2%
18–24 2,118 7.7%
25–44 6,803 24.7%
45–64 7,605 27.6%
65 and over 4,659 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $959.7M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,033
Establishments: 472

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,169 26.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,783 21.9%
Education & health services 1,527 18.8%
Construction 846 10.4%
Professional & business services 484 6.0%
Leisure & hospitality 480 5.9%
Public administration 473 5.8%
Financial activities 134 1.6%
Natural resources & mining 128 1.6%
Information 17 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.0%
Median gross rent: $906
Owner-occupied: 8,504
Renter-occupied: 2,256

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 11,809 votes cast

Republican 9,273 78.5%
Democratic 2,328 19.7%
Other / third-party 208 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 528 2.0%
German 119 0.5%
Chinese 85 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,760
Family households: 7,511; 69.8% of households
Married w/ children: 5,240
Single-mother households: 652
Veterans: 1,834; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,070 14.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,855 10.3%
Catholic 1,551 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 481 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 18.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Jennings 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: Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 28.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023