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Jury Pool Profile

Montgomery County, Indiana

Republican +48.2 (2024)
County seat
Crawfordsville
Judicial district
Montgomery Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
38,954
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 38,312.

At a glance

Montgomery County is a 38,954-person venue. The county population is 90% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $72,249; 20.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 6.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 29.5% of covered employment, average pay $83,911/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.75%, below the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking roughly 73% of the vote each time.

Population
38,312
Median household income
$71,479
Unemployment
2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 90% / 1%.

Montgomery County has a population of 38,312, with a median age of 40.4. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 90.4%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 6.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $72,249; 20.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 10.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 34,097 89.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,367 6.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 332 0.9%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 209 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,032 2.7%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 271 0.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 40.4

  • Under 18 8,809 23.0%
  • 18–24 3,399 8.9%
  • 25–44 8,971 23.4%
  • 45–64 9,911 25.9%
  • 65 and over 7,222 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$72,249
90% interval $67,510–$76,988
+$291 vs IN · 36th of 92
Below poverty line
10.3%
90% interval 8.2%–12.4%
−1.8 pp vs IN · 60th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 30% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 29.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.75%, below the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.8%
−0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.2B
0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay
$59,978
Establishments
938

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 4,719 29.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,375 21.1%
  • Education & health services 2,771 17.3%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,364 8.5%
  • Professional & business services 1,108 6.9%
  • Public administration 913 5.7%
  • Construction 589 3.7%
  • Financial activities 304 1.9%
  • Natural resources & mining 287 1.8%
  • Other services 283 1.8%
  • Information 270 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
80.3%
+9.7 pp vs IN · 29th of 92
Median gross rent
$858
−$204 vs IN · 49th of 92
Owner-occupied
12,524
Renter-occupied
3,078

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $83,911/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,725/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 17 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Montgomery County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.1% in 2024, 73.6% in 2020, 73.2% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,572 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201673.2%22.3%
202073.6%24.5%
202473.1%24.9%
  • Republican 12,122 73.1%
  • Democratic 4,134 24.9%
  • Other / third-party 316 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 6.2% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

6.2% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.8% of the adult civilian population (2,291 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 1,750 4.9%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 113 0.3%
  • German or other West Germanic 103 0.3%
  • Chinese 70 0.2%
  • Korean 22 0.1%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.0%
  • Tagalog 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
15,602
Family households
9,955
63.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,869
28.8% of families
Single-mother families
565
5.7% of families
Veterans
2,291
7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

33.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 7,845 20.7%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,205 5.8%
  • Catholic 1,907 5.0%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 462 1.2%
  • Black Protestant 202 0.5%
  • Orthodox 111 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
91.8%
±1.3 pp
Uninsured
8.2%
±1.3 pp
19th of 92
With a disability
15.3%
±1.6 pp
52nd of 92
Bachelor's or higher
20.4%
±2 pp
−9.1 pp vs IN · 41st of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
10.1%
90% interval 9.0%–11.2% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Montgomery 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
Crawfordsville
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Montgomery totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 5 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
5
16.95 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Montgomery County, Indiana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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