Madison County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 108,206 82.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,102 5.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,020 6.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 865 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,125 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 166 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 407 0.3%

• Under 18 28,283 21.4%
• 18–24 10,712 8.1%
• 25–44 33,965 25.8%
• 45–64 34,130 25.9%
• 65 and over 24,810 18.8%

Median household income

$60,842

90% interval $56,457–$65,227

−$11,116 vs IN · 83rd of 92

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 12.5%–16.7%

+2.5 pp vs IN · 15th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

+0.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.5B

1.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,589

Establishments

2,577

• Education & health services 10,386 25.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,877 19.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,687 14.1%
• Manufacturing 5,313 13.2%
• Public administration 3,210 8.0%
• Professional & business services 2,753 6.8%
• Construction 1,842 4.6%
• Financial activities 1,516 3.8%
• Other services 1,197 3.0%
• Information 309 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 268 0.7%

Home ownership

70.2%

−0.4 pp vs IN · 81st of 92

Median gross rent

$939

−$123 vs IN · 26th of 92

Owner-occupied

37,488

Renter-occupied

15,941

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $73,427/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,271/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 34,837 62.5%
• Democratic 19,824 35.6%
• Other / third-party 1,055 1.9%

• Spanish 4,687 3.8%
• Tagalog 151 0.1%
• Arabic 134 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 129 0.1%
• Vietnamese 106 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 98 0.1%
• Chinese 89 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 70 0.1%

Households

53,429

Family households

33,329

62.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,571

22.7% of families

Single-mother families

3,985

12.0% of families

Veterans

8,238

8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 22,577 17.3%
• Mainline Protestant 7,951 6.1%
• Catholic 5,658 4.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,754 1.3%
• Black Protestant 1,660 1.3%

Health insured

92.6%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

7.4%

±0.7 pp

29th of 92

With a disability

21.5%

±1.1 pp

2nd of 92

Bachelor's or higher

20.5%

±0.9 pp

−9.0 pp vs IN · 38th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.3%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Madison Circuit Court

Judges

6 (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

Anderson

Traffic fatalities

10

9.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10