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Jury Pool Profile

Knox County, Indiana

Republican +50 (2024)
Population
36,108
Median household income
$58,863
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 32,678 90.5%
  • Black or African American alone 571 1.6%
  • Asian alone 343 0.9%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 58 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 376 1.0%
  • Two or more races 2,082 5.8%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,025 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.1

  • Under 18 7,826 21.7%
  • 18–24 4,040 11.2%
  • 25–44 8,532 23.6%
  • 45–64 9,061 25.1%
  • 65 and over 6,649 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
-0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.5B
0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,982
Establishments
950

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 5,408 31.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,102 18.2%
  • Manufacturing 2,273 13.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,555 9.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,162 6.8%
  • Professional & business services 967 5.7%
  • Public administration 961 5.6%
  • Construction 679 4.0%
  • Other services 470 2.8%
  • Financial activities 407 2.4%
  • Information 96 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
65.9%
Median gross rent
$782
Owner-occupied
9,955
Renter-occupied
5,155

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,105 votes cast

  • Republican 11,236 74.4%
  • Democratic 3,625 24.0%
  • Other / third-party 244 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.1% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 670 2.0%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 259 0.8%
  • Chinese 245 0.7%
  • Tagalog 94 0.3%
  • German 52 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 7 0.0%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
15,110
Family households
9,208
60.9% of households
Married w/ children
6,994
Single-mother households
885
Veterans
1,759
6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.4% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
93.1%
With a disability
18.1%
Bachelor's or higher
17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
5
17.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Knox 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.