Morgan County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 67,931 93.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,560 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 576 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 363 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,975 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 243 0.3%

• Under 18 16,023 22.1%
• 18–24 5,686 7.8%
• 25–44 17,226 23.7%
• 45–64 20,547 28.3%
• 65 and over 13,177 18.1%

Median household income

$79,686

90% interval $74,019–$85,353

+$7,728 vs IN · 16th of 92

Below poverty line

9.4%

90% interval 7.7%–11.1%

−2.7 pp vs IN · 68th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.3 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

0.59% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,456

Establishments

1,422

• Education & health services 3,677 23.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,024 19.4%
• Manufacturing 2,396 15.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,725 11.1%
• Construction 1,324 8.5%
• Professional & business services 1,035 6.7%
• Public administration 950 6.1%
• Other services 630 4.1%
• Financial activities 573 3.7%
• Information 126 0.8%
• Natural resources & mining 87 0.6%

Home ownership

82.1%

+11.5 pp vs IN · 15th of 92

Median gross rent

$1,042

−$20 vs IN · 17th of 92

Owner-occupied

23,225

Renter-occupied

5,054

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $81,064/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,653/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 26,965 76.3%
• Democratic 7,765 22.0%
• Other / third-party 610 1.7%

• Spanish 925 1.3%
• German or other West Germanic 148 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 121 0.2%
• Tagalog 88 0.1%
• Chinese 71 0.1%
• Korean 38 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%
• Arabic 5 0.0%

Households

28,279

Family households

20,597

72.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,744

27.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,498

7.3% of families

Veterans

4,548

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 17,207 24.0%
• Mainline Protestant 4,831 6.7%
• Catholic 4,277 6.0%
• Black Protestant 2,200 3.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,645 2.3%

Health insured

94.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±0.9 pp

72nd of 92

With a disability

16.6%

±1.1 pp

37th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

21.1%

±1.6 pp

−8.4 pp vs IN · 34th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.5%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Morgan Circuit Court

Judges

5 (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

Martinsville

Traffic fatalities

4

7.06 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4