Jury Pool Profile

LaPorte County, Indiana

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 112,141
Median household income: $70,452
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 88,836 79.2%
Black or African American alone 11,728 10.5%
Asian alone 772 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 195 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 41 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,895 2.6%
Two or more races 7,674 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,264 7.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 23,955 21.4%
18–24 9,004 8.0%
25–44 28,719 25.6%
45–64 29,240 26.1%
65 and over 21,223 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.8B; 1.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,978
Establishments: 2,494

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 8,461 20.8%
Education & health services 8,320 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 8,149 20.1%
Leisure & hospitality 4,910 12.1%
Public administration 3,076 7.6%
Professional & business services 2,508 6.2%
Construction 2,197 5.4%
Other services 1,280 3.2%
Financial activities 1,217 3.0%
Information 262 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 252 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $926
Owner-occupied: 32,570
Renter-occupied: 11,111

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 47,529 votes cast

Republican 26,726 56.2%
Democratic 20,007 42.1%
Other / third-party 796 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,430 3.2%
Slavic languages 676 0.6%
German 478 0.5%
Tagalog 299 0.3%
Other Indo-European 251 0.2%
Other 98 0.1%
Vietnamese 95 0.1%
Arabic 72 0.1%
Korean 68 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 63 0.1%
Chinese 56 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 47 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 43,681
Family households: 28,074; 64.3% of households
Married w/ children: 19,491
Single-mother households: 3,228
Veterans: 6,516; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 19,567 17.4%
Evangelical Protestant 9,797 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 6,084 5.4%
Black Protestant 2,852 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,183 1.9%
Orthodox 72 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: LaPorte 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: LaPorte

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 26; 29.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 23

NHTSA FARS 2023