Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Indiana

Democratic +28 (2024)

Population: 139,822
Median household income: $63,372
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 116,590 83.4%
Black or African American alone 4,973 3.6%
Asian alone 9,282 6.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 194 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,541 1.1%
Two or more races 7,241 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,441 4.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 31.4

Under 18 22,325 16.0%
18–24 34,393 24.6%
25–44 35,314 25.3%
45–64 27,902 20.0%
65 and over 19,888 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.3B; 1.8% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,879
Establishments: 3,439

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 25,439 37.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,499 14.1%
Leisure & hospitality 8,488 12.6%
Manufacturing 8,097 12.0%
Professional & business services 5,044 7.5%
Construction 2,737 4.1%
Financial activities 2,464 3.7%
Public administration 2,341 3.5%
Other services 1,911 2.8%
Information 872 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 322 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 54.8%
Median gross rent: $1,151
Owner-occupied: 31,949
Renter-occupied: 26,315

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 59,099 votes cast

Democratic 37,213 63.0%
Republican 21,004 35.5%
Other / third-party 882 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,840 2.9%
Chinese 2,779 2.1%
Other Indo-European 2,601 1.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,139 0.9%
German 810 0.6%
Korean 781 0.6%
Slavic languages 701 0.5%
Arabic 565 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 515 0.4%
Vietnamese 395 0.3%
Other 315 0.2%
Tagalog 305 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 58,264
Family households: 28,851; 49.5% of households
Married w/ children: 22,018
Single-mother households: 2,645
Veterans: 6,031; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,705 14.8%
Mainline Protestant 6,784 4.9%
Catholic 5,916 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,752 3.4%
Black Protestant 950 0.7%
Orthodox 240 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 49.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Monroe Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: Bloomington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 9.36 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023