Jury Pool Profile

Perry County, Indiana

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 19,218
Median household income: $61,099
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 17,914 93.2%
Black or African American alone 413 2.1%
Asian alone 134 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 53 0.3%
Two or more races 650 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 273 1.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 4,014 20.9%
18–24 1,431 7.4%
25–44 5,055 26.3%
45–64 5,075 26.4%
65 and over 3,643 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,166
Establishments: 379

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,116 32.9%
Education & health services 1,258 19.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,044 16.2%
Public administration 583 9.1%
Leisure & hospitality 554 8.6%
Professional & business services 296 4.6%
Construction 271 4.2%
Financial activities 162 2.5%
Other services 86 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 39 0.6%
Information 33 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.9%
Median gross rent: $676
Owner-occupied: 5,808
Renter-occupied: 1,943

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,666 votes cast

Republican 5,549 64.0%
Democratic 2,970 34.3%
Other / third-party 147 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 111 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 95 0.5%
German 87 0.5%
Other 13 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,751
Family households: 4,727; 61.0% of households
Married w/ children: 3,731
Single-mother households: 338
Veterans: 1,165; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.6% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,856 20.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,849 9.6%
Evangelical Protestant 1,216 6.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 401 2.1%
Black Protestant 76 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Perry 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: Tell City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 39.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023