Miami County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,047 86.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,327 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,338 3.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 228 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,452 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 89 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 85 0.2%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 146 0.4%

• Under 18 7,430 20.8%
• 18–24 3,109 8.7%
• 25–44 9,154 25.6%
• 45–64 9,525 26.7%
• 65 and over 6,494 18.2%

Median household income

$63,980

90% interval $57,924–$70,036

−$7,978 vs IN · 74th of 92

Below poverty line

12.7%

90% interval 9.9%–15.5%

+0.6 pp vs IN · 31st of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,330

Establishments

638

• Education & health services 2,000 22.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,604 17.6%
• Manufacturing 1,475 16.2%
• Public administration 1,375 15.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 918 10.1%
• Construction 553 6.1%
• Other services 341 3.7%
• Professional & business services 265 2.9%
• Financial activities 264 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 234 2.6%
• Information 75 0.8%

Home ownership

76.2%

+5.6 pp vs IN · 53rd of 92

Median gross rent

$838

−$224 vs IN · 60th of 92

Owner-occupied

10,143

Renter-occupied

3,175

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 56% 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, $76,925/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,970/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 10,670 76.3%
• Democratic 3,046 21.8%
• Other / third-party 261 1.9%

• Spanish 669 2.0%
• German or other West Germanic 228 0.7%
• Chinese 123 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 73 0.2%
• Arabic 20 0.1%
• Vietnamese 12 0.0%

Households

13,318

Family households

8,821

66.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,377

26.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,034

11.7% of families

Veterans

2,270

8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,028 11.2%
• Mainline Protestant 2,724 7.6%
• Catholic 931 2.6%
• Black Protestant 282 0.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13 0.0%

Health insured

93.1%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±1.5 pp

37th of 92

With a disability

17.9%

±1.4 pp

30th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±1.7 pp

−13.4 pp vs IN · 73rd of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.4%–10.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Miami 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

Peru

Traffic fatalities

3

10.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3