Jury Pool Profile

Owen County, Indiana

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 21,434
Median household income: $59,586
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,472 95.5%
Black or African American alone 121 0.6%
Asian alone 118 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 21 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 60 0.3%
Two or more races 642 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 313 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.3

Under 18 4,276 19.9%
18–24 1,518 7.1%
25–44 4,858 22.7%
45–64 6,272 29.3%
65 and over 4,510 21.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $760.3M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,602
Establishments: 330

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,473 46.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 764 14.4%
Education & health services 757 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 393 7.4%
Public administration 285 5.4%
Professional & business services 248 4.7%
Construction 142 2.7%
Information 26 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 21 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.8%
Median gross rent: $912
Owner-occupied: 6,951
Renter-occupied: 1,647

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,875 votes cast

Republican 7,360 74.5%
Democratic 2,354 23.8%
Other / third-party 161 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.7% speak only English at home

German 318 1.6%
Spanish 259 1.3%
Tagalog 32 0.2%
Korean 24 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,598
Family households: 5,750; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 4,384
Single-mother households: 314
Veterans: 1,587; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,232 15.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,466 6.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 273 1.3%
Catholic 200 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.6%
With a disability: 20.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Owen 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: Spencer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 23.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023