Jury Pool Profile

Marion County, Indiana

Democratic +28 (2024)

Population: 971,822
Median household income: $63,450
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 526,517 54.2%
Black or African American alone 268,634 27.6%
Asian alone 38,178 3.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,231 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 135 0.0%
Some other race alone 55,159 5.7%
Two or more races 78,968 8.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 129,973 13.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.3

Under 18 243,650 25.1%
18–24 91,483 9.4%
25–44 291,102 30.0%
45–64 220,561 22.7%
65 and over 125,026 12.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0 pp vs. state
County GDP: $135.6B; 26.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $76,163
Establishments: 28,522

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 156,284 25.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 118,721 19.0%
Professional & business services 108,134 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 56,086 9.0%
Manufacturing 55,746 8.9%
Construction 36,405 5.8%
Financial activities 34,409 5.5%
Public administration 30,817 4.9%
Other services 20,629 3.3%
Information 7,540 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 764 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 55.9%
Median gross rent: $1,107
Owner-occupied: 221,837
Renter-occupied: 174,825

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 351,910 votes cast

Democratic 221,719 63.0%
Republican 124,327 35.3%
Other / third-party 5,864 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

83.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 90,775 10.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 16,076 1.8%
Other 12,781 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 10,230 1.1%
Other Indo-European 10,112 1.1%
Arabic 2,978 0.3%
Chinese 2,317 0.3%
Tagalog 2,042 0.2%
German 1,822 0.2%
Slavic languages 1,442 0.2%
Vietnamese 766 0.1%
Korean 758 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 396,662
Family households: 219,067; 55.2% of households
Married w/ children: 145,493
Single-mother households: 31,694
Veterans: 40,971; 5.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 143,391 14.7%
Catholic 137,248 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 92,072 9.4%
Black Protestant 81,096 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 39,161 4.0%
Orthodox 2,520 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.0%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 34.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Marion Circuit Court
Judges: 37 (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: Indianapolis

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 131; 17.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 125

NHTSA FARS 2023