Jury Pool Profile

Lake County, Indiana

Democratic +6 (2024)

Population: 498,990
Median household income: $68,985
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 285,553 57.2%
Black or African American alone 115,720 23.2%
Asian alone 7,775 1.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,918 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 166 0.0%
Some other race alone 40,206 8.1%
Two or more races 47,652 9.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 102,413 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 116,556 23.4%
18–24 41,476 8.3%
25–44 125,651 25.2%
45–64 128,358 25.7%
65 and over 86,949 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; +1.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $31.2B; 6.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,200
Establishments: 11,872

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 48,632 25.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 41,189 21.5%
Leisure & hospitality 24,281 12.7%
Manufacturing 22,497 11.7%
Professional & business services 19,213 10.0%
Construction 11,594 6.1%
Other services 8,204 4.3%
Public administration 7,969 4.2%
Financial activities 6,460 3.4%
Information 1,260 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 334 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.9%
Median gross rent: $1,094
Owner-occupied: 137,105
Renter-occupied: 56,369

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 209,407 votes cast

Democratic 109,086 52.1%
Republican 97,270 46.5%
Other / third-party 3,051 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

85.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 51,458 10.9%
Slavic languages 6,514 1.4%
Other Indo-European 3,841 0.8%
Arabic 1,504 0.3%
German 1,211 0.3%
Tagalog 1,069 0.2%
Other 997 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 959 0.2%
Chinese 856 0.2%
Vietnamese 759 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 601 0.1%
Korean 475 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 193,474
Family households: 125,900; 65.1% of households
Married w/ children: 83,221
Single-mother households: 17,122
Veterans: 22,950; 6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 111,975 22.5%
Evangelical Protestant 61,000 12.2%
Black Protestant 34,478 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 21,190 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 12,769 2.6%
Orthodox 10,775 2.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lake Circuit Court
Judges: 17 (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: Crown Point

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 55; 14.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 53

NHTSA FARS 2023