Jury Pool Profile

Newton County, Indiana

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 13,859
Median household income: $68,596
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 12,356 89.2%
Black or African American alone 141 1.0%
Asian alone 48 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 373 2.7%
Two or more races 917 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,083 7.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 2,914 21.0%
18–24 973 7.0%
25–44 3,262 23.5%
45–64 3,940 28.4%
65 and over 2,770 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP: $504.1M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,666
Establishments: 291

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 593 18.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 579 17.9%
Natural resources & mining 479 14.8%
Manufacturing 452 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 362 11.2%
Public administration 270 8.3%
Professional & business services 183 5.7%
Financial activities 135 4.2%
Construction 108 3.3%
Information 37 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $927
Owner-occupied: 4,486
Renter-occupied: 1,105

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,601 votes cast

Republican 5,131 77.7%
Democratic 1,370 20.8%
Other / third-party 100 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 460 3.5%
Other Indo-European 146 1.1%
Slavic languages 51 0.4%
German 7 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,591
Family households: 3,909; 69.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,845
Single-mother households: 324
Veterans: 976; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.6% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 1,308 9.5%
Catholic 1,222 8.8%
Evangelical Protestant 1,144 8.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.2%
With a disability: 17.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Newton Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Kentland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 45.68 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023