Jury Pool Profile

Posey County, Indiana

Republican +44 (2024)

Population: 25,163
Median household income: $79,124
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,672 94.1%
Black or African American alone 175 0.7%
Asian alone 73 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 429 1.7%
Two or more races 798 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 378 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 5,573 22.1%
18–24 1,668 6.6%
25–44 5,893 23.4%
45–64 6,912 27.5%
65 and over 5,117 20.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.44 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.9B; 1.14% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,064
Establishments: 590

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,601 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,845 20.6%
Education & health services 1,278 14.3%
Construction 857 9.6%
Professional & business services 756 8.4%
Leisure & hospitality 607 6.8%
Public administration 446 5.0%
Other services 217 2.4%
Financial activities 210 2.3%
Natural resources & mining 100 1.1%
Information 44 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.1%
Median gross rent: $744
Owner-occupied: 8,430
Renter-occupied: 1,840

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,972 votes cast

Republican 9,206 71.0%
Democratic 3,572 27.5%
Other / third-party 194 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 157 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 97 0.4%
German 47 0.2%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Other 10 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 4 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,270
Family households: 7,533; 73.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,216
Single-mother households: 451
Veterans: 1,561; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,893 15.4%
Catholic 3,487 13.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,115 12.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 504 2.0%
Black Protestant 432 1.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Posey 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: Mount Vernon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 15.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023