Jury Pool Profile

Lawrence County, Indiana

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 45,077
Median household income: $65,551
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,747 94.8%
Black or African American alone 186 0.4%
Asian alone 268 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 45 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 24 0.1%
Some other race alone 341 0.8%
Two or more races 1,466 3.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 847 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.5

Under 18 9,628 21.4%
18–24 3,425 7.6%
25–44 10,405 23.1%
45–64 12,583 27.9%
65 and over 9,036 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.8B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,342
Establishments: 906

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,663 27.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,603 19.3%
Manufacturing 2,432 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,233 9.1%
Professional & business services 1,031 7.6%
Public administration 693 5.1%
Construction 665 4.9%
Financial activities 469 3.5%
Other services 368 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 213 1.6%
Information 137 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.0%
Median gross rent: $800
Owner-occupied: 15,321
Renter-occupied: 3,835

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,209 votes cast

Republican 15,830 74.6%
Democratic 5,010 23.6%
Other / third-party 369 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 289 0.7%
Other Indo-European 143 0.3%
German 76 0.2%
Slavic languages 70 0.2%
Vietnamese 41 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
Other 14 0.0%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,156
Family households: 11,806; 61.6% of households
Married w/ children: 9,250
Single-mother households: 910
Veterans: 3,198; 9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,424 27.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,176 7.1%
Catholic 1,550 3.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 635 1.4%
Black Protestant 150 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 16.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lawrence Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Bedford

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 16.93 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023