Marion County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 483,262 49.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 134,243 13.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 264,862 27.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 39,230 4.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 47,641 4.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 509 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 224 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 5,838 0.6%

• Under 18 243,915 25.0%
• 18–24 92,153 9.4%
• 25–44 293,250 30.1%
• 45–64 218,039 22.3%
• 65 and over 128,452 13.2%

Median household income

$67,368

90% interval $65,180–$69,556

−$4,590 vs IN · 60th of 92

Below poverty line

15.8%

90% interval 14.6%–17.0%

+3.7 pp vs IN · 9th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$135.6B

26.1% of state

Avg. annual pay

$80,642

Establishments

29,032

• Education & health services 157,660 25.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 119,390 19.1%
• Professional & business services 106,215 17.0%
• Manufacturing 55,801 8.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 55,304 8.8%
• Construction 37,561 6.0%
• Financial activities 34,810 5.6%
• Public administration 29,929 4.8%
• Other services 20,669 3.3%
• Information 7,071 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 699 0.1%

Home ownership

56.5%

−14.1 pp vs IN · 90th of 92

Median gross rent

$1,153

+$91 vs IN · 8th of 92

Owner-occupied

226,441

Renter-occupied

173,991

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Manufacturing, $144,138/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $42,763/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 97,558 10.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12,321 1.4%
• Arabic 3,187 0.4%
• Chinese 2,539 0.3%
• Tagalog 2,337 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 1,745 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,324 0.1%
• Korean 731 0.1%
• Vietnamese 616 0.1%

Households

400,432

Family households

224,268

56.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

57,578

25.7% of families

Single-mother families

33,196

14.8% of families

Veterans

39,943

5.5% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

91.2%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

8.8%

±0.4 pp

15th of 92

With a disability

13.9%

±0.4 pp

65th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

34.8%

±0.6 pp

+5.3 pp vs IN · 8th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

11.0%

90% interval 10.3%–11.7% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

128

17.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

125