Jury Pool Profile

Porter County, Indiana

Republican +10 (2024)

Population: 174,150
Median household income: $85,828
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 148,272 85.1%
Black or African American alone 7,271 4.2%
Asian alone 2,471 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 181 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 37 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,535 2.0%
Two or more races 12,383 7.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 19,734 11.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 37,643 21.6%
18–24 15,257 8.8%
25–44 44,461 25.5%
45–64 45,915 26.4%
65 and over 30,874 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.9B; 1.9% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,217
Establishments: 4,215

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,251 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 12,555 19.7%
Manufacturing 9,713 15.2%
Leisure & hospitality 7,359 11.5%
Professional & business services 6,378 10.0%
Construction 4,796 7.5%
Other services 2,602 4.1%
Public administration 2,193 3.4%
Financial activities 1,949 3.1%
Information 899 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 73 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.2%
Median gross rent: $1,146
Owner-occupied: 52,543
Renter-occupied: 15,506

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 84,877 votes cast

Republican 46,109 54.3%
Democratic 37,213 43.8%
Other / third-party 1,555 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,877 3.6%
Slavic languages 1,256 0.8%
Other Indo-European 788 0.5%
Tagalog 453 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 448 0.3%
Chinese 407 0.2%
German 392 0.2%
Arabic 207 0.1%
Vietnamese 160 0.1%
Other 156 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 110 0.1%
Korean 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 68,049
Family households: 45,516; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 36,481
Single-mother households: 3,602
Veterans: 8,855; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 31,257 18.0%
Evangelical Protestant 22,229 12.8%
Mainline Protestant 7,279 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,898 2.8%
Orthodox 351 0.2%
Black Protestant 150 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 11.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Porter Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Valparaiso

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 11.72 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023