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Jury Pool Profile

Johnson County, Indiana

Republican +34.3 (2024)
County seat
Franklin
Judicial district
Johnson Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
174,262
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 166,315.

At a glance

Johnson County is a 174,262-person venue. The county population is 85% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $95,247, $23,289 above the IN state median of $71,958; 34.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 8.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish, then other Indo-European languages (2.4%), a group the Census does not break out. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 31.1% of covered employment, average pay $47,381/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.86%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 66% to 69% of the vote across the three.

Population
166,315
Median household income
$90,454
Unemployment
2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 85% / 3%.

Johnson County has a population of 166,315, with a median age of 38.0. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.6%; Black residents 3.3%. Independently, 4.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $95,247; 34.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 139,520 83.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,159 4.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 5,378 3.2%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 8,486 5.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 5,234 3.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 44 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 454 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 38

  • Under 18 40,361 24.3%
  • 18–24 13,426 8.1%
  • 25–44 45,819 27.5%
  • 45–64 40,524 24.4%
  • 65 and over 26,185 15.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$95,247
90% interval $89,574–$100,920
+$23,289 vs IN · 4th of 92
Below poverty line
7.3%
90% interval 6.0%–8.6%
−4.8 pp vs IN · 87th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 31% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 31.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 22.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.86%, below the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.9%
−0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP
$8.3B
1.59% of state
Avg. annual pay
$52,378
Establishments
4,310

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 20,644 31.1%
  • Education & health services 14,860 22.4%
  • Leisure & hospitality 7,954 12.0%
  • Manufacturing 5,851 8.8%
  • Professional & business services 5,251 7.9%
  • Construction 5,063 7.6%
  • Public administration 2,573 3.9%
  • Financial activities 1,955 2.9%
  • Other services 1,913 2.9%
  • Information 352 0.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 59 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
72.7%
+2.1 pp vs IN · 72nd of 92
Median gross rent
$1,271
+$209 vs IN · 4th of 92
Owner-occupied
45,493
Renter-occupied
17,061

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 65% 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, $77,109/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,474/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 67%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Johnson County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 66.3% in 2024, 66.0% in 2020, 68.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 77,794 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201668.6%26.1%
202066.0%31.9%
202466.3%32.0%
  • Republican 51,588 66.3%
  • Democratic 24,880 32.0%
  • Other / third-party 1,326 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 70% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 8.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

8.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Chinese, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 6.2% of the adult civilian population (7,809 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

91.7% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 4,872 3.1%
  • Chinese 465 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 431 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 394 0.3%
  • Tagalog 306 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 191 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 95 0.1%
  • Arabic 91 0.1%
  • Korean 47 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
62,554
Family households
43,573
69.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
14,917
34.2% of families
Single-mother families
3,203
7.4% of families
Veterans
7,809
6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

35.2% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 36,333 22.5%
  • Catholic 12,862 8.0%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,148 3.2%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,272 1.4%
  • Black Protestant 202 0.1%
  • Orthodox 60 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.3%
±0.6 pp
Uninsured
4.7%
±0.6 pp
78th of 92
With a disability
12.1%
±0.8 pp
83rd of 92
Bachelor's or higher
34.7%
±1.6 pp
+5.2 pp vs IN · 9th of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.3%
90% interval 6.6%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Johnson Circuit Court
Judges
5 (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
Franklin
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Johnson totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 9 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
9
7.15 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Johnson County, Indiana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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