Jury Pool Profile

Parke County, Indiana

Republican +57 (2024)

Population: 16,346
Median household income: $66,776
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,521 95.0%
Black or African American alone 367 2.2%
Asian alone 0 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 6 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 33 0.2%
Two or more races 419 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 264 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.5

Under 18 3,628 22.2%
18–24 1,179 7.2%
25–44 3,838 23.5%
45–64 4,392 26.9%
65 and over 3,309 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $533.8M; 0.1% of state
Avg. annual pay: $42,489
Establishments: 326

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 725 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 670 18.7%
Public administration 518 14.5%
Manufacturing 431 12.1%
Professional & business services 366 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 334 9.3%
Financial activities 180 5.0%
Construction 145 4.1%
Natural resources & mining 43 1.2%
Information 11 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.6%
Median gross rent: $731
Owner-occupied: 4,885
Renter-occupied: 1,100

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,653 votes cast

Republican 5,158 77.5%
Democratic 1,371 20.6%
Other / third-party 124 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

German 942 6.1%
Spanish 192 1.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 66 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 5,985
Family households: 4,223; 70.6% of households
Married w/ children: 3,288
Single-mother households: 209
Veterans: 1,113; 8.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,750 23.2%
Mainline Protestant 1,337 8.3%
Catholic 121 0.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 84.3%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Parke 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: Rockville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023