Jury Pool Profile

LaGrange County, Indiana

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 40,596
Median household income: $83,741
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 38,381 94.5%
Black or African American alone 128 0.3%
Asian alone 16 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 17 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 312 0.8%
Two or more races 1,742 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,794 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 32.5

Under 18 12,996 32.0%
18–24 3,783 9.3%
25–44 9,061 22.3%
45–64 8,995 22.2%
65 and over 5,761 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.5B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,284
Establishments: 1,037

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 6,995 47.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,317 15.7%
Education & health services 1,643 11.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,044 7.1%
Construction 978 6.6%
Professional & business services 485 3.3%
Other services 404 2.7%
Public administration 327 2.2%
Financial activities 313 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 215 1.5%
Information 45 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.8%
Median gross rent: $816
Owner-occupied: 10,478
Renter-occupied: 2,326

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,408 votes cast

Republican 8,073 77.6%
Democratic 2,162 20.8%
Other / third-party 173 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

53.4% speak only English at home

German 15,760 42.5%
Spanish 1,262 3.4%
Arabic 134 0.4%
Other Indo-European 33 0.1%
Other 28 0.1%
Slavic languages 18 0.0%
Tagalog 15 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.0%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,804
Family households: 10,055; 78.5% of households
Married w/ children: 8,422
Single-mother households: 614
Veterans: 1,027; 3.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

60.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,249 52.5%
Mainline Protestant 2,093 5.2%
Catholic 950 2.3%
Black Protestant 300 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 55.7%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 11.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: LaGrange 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: LaGrange

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 25.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023