Knox County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,206 89.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,076 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 604 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 310 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,745 4.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 49 0.1%

• Under 18 7,787 21.6%
• 18–24 4,020 11.2%
• 25–44 8,669 24.1%
• 45–64 8,654 24.0%
• 65 and over 6,877 19.1%

Median household income

$61,618

90% interval $55,674–$67,562

−$10,340 vs IN · 80th of 92

Below poverty line

11.9%

90% interval 9.1%–14.7%

−0.2 pp vs IN · 43rd of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.2%

−0.21 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.5B

0.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,538

Establishments

949

• Education & health services 5,367 31.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,044 18.1%
• Manufacturing 2,294 13.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,516 9.0%
• Natural resources & mining 1,077 6.4%
• Public administration 966 5.7%
• Professional & business services 904 5.4%
• Construction 705 4.2%
• Information 31 0.2%
• Financial activities 23 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.8%

−2.8 pp vs IN · 86th of 92

Median gross rent

$796

−$266 vs IN · 72nd of 92

Owner-occupied

10,285

Renter-occupied

4,884

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $77,497/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,171/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 11,236 74.4%
• Democratic 3,625 24.0%
• Other / third-party 244 1.6%

• Spanish 697 2.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 237 0.7%
• Korean 186 0.5%
• Chinese 104 0.3%
• Tagalog 83 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 55 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%

Households

15,169

Family households

9,170

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,518

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

851

9.3% of families

Veterans

1,798

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,298 20.1%
• Mainline Protestant 4,149 11.4%
• Catholic 4,078 11.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 473 1.3%
• Black Protestant 100 0.3%

Health insured

94.0%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1.1 pp

54th of 92

With a disability

19.2%

±2 pp

16th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

19.1%

±2 pp

−10.4 pp vs IN · 55th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.9%

90% interval 8.0%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Knox Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Vincennes

Traffic fatalities

6

21.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6