Perry County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,834 92.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 302 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 414 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 112 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 559 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 22 0.1%

• Under 18 3,974 20.6%
• 18–24 1,430 7.4%
• 25–44 5,065 26.3%
• 45–64 5,042 26.2%
• 65 and over 3,759 19.5%

Median household income

$64,109

90% interval $56,889–$71,329

−$7,849 vs IN · 73rd of 92

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 11.1%–16.7%

+1.8 pp vs IN · 21st of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,065

Establishments

394

• Manufacturing 1,986 31.5%
• Education & health services 1,297 20.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,035 16.4%
• Public administration 580 9.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 552 8.8%
• Professional & business services 273 4.3%
• Financial activities 138 2.2%
• Information 17 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 93.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.5%

+4.9 pp vs IN · 57th of 92

Median gross rent

$682

−$380 vs IN · 92nd of 92

Owner-occupied

5,857

Renter-occupied

1,901

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $72,550/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,181/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

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

• Spanish 152 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 81 0.4%
• Tagalog 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 6 0.0%

Households

7,758

Family households

4,702

60.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,222

26.0% of families

Single-mother families

406

8.6% of families

Veterans

1,066

7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.2%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

5.8%

±1.5 pp

58th of 92

With a disability

17.6%

±1.9 pp

33rd of 92

Bachelor's or higher

16.6%

±2.1 pp

−12.9 pp vs IN · 67th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.6%–8.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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

Traffic fatalities

3

19.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3