Jury Pool Profile

Orange County, Indiana

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 19,746
Median household income: $64,758
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,414 93.3%
Black or African American alone 299 1.5%
Asian alone 84 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 7 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 38 0.2%
Two or more races 904 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 345 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43

Under 18 4,522 22.9%
18–24 1,462 7.4%
25–44 4,519 22.9%
45–64 5,232 26.5%
65 and over 4,011 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; -0.02 pp vs. state
County GDP: $991.6M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,076
Establishments: 400

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 2,326 31.6%
Education & health services 1,331 18.1%
Manufacturing 995 13.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 956 13.0%
Construction 838 11.4%
Public administration 304 4.1%
Professional & business services 159 2.2%
Other services 156 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 149 2.0%
Financial activities 107 1.5%
Information 50 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.8%
Median gross rent: $838
Owner-occupied: 6,296
Renter-occupied: 1,698

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,590 votes cast

Republican 6,467 75.3%
Democratic 1,988 23.1%
Other / third-party 135 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

German 294 1.6%
Spanish 114 0.6%
Chinese 18 0.1%
Tagalog 16 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Arabic 5 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Other Indo-European 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,994
Family households: 5,367; 67.1% of households
Married w/ children: 3,906
Single-mother households: 544
Veterans: 995; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,792 24.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,903 9.6%
Catholic 409 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 379 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 15.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Orange 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: Paoli

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 13.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023