Jury Pool Profile

Putnam County, Indiana

Republican +52 (2024)

Population: 37,091
Median household income: $76,182
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,996 91.7%
Black or African American alone 1,269 3.4%
Asian alone 574 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 42 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 104 0.3%
Two or more races 1,106 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 806 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 7,086 19.1%
18–24 4,651 12.5%
25–44 9,447 25.5%
45–64 9,475 25.5%
65 and over 6,432 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.09 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,684
Establishments: 768

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,264 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,932 23.8%
Manufacturing 2,174 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 996 8.1%
Public administration 956 7.7%
Construction 579 4.7%
Professional & business services 560 4.5%
Financial activities 352 2.9%
Other services 215 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 166 1.3%
Information 149 1.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.6%
Median gross rent: $883
Owner-occupied: 10,283
Renter-occupied: 3,697

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,731 votes cast

Republican 12,566 75.1%
Democratic 3,871 23.1%
Other / third-party 294 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 488 1.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 143 0.4%
Other Indo-European 112 0.3%
German 90 0.3%
Slavic languages 69 0.2%
Chinese 65 0.2%
Tagalog 52 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 45 0.1%
Other 27 0.1%
Arabic 21 0.1%
Korean 19 0.1%
Vietnamese 13 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,980
Family households: 9,547; 68.3% of households
Married w/ children: 7,699
Single-mother households: 628
Veterans: 2,665; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 5,104 13.9%
Mainline Protestant 3,881 10.6%
Catholic 760 2.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 686 1.9%
Black Protestant 180 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Putnam Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Greencastle

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 16.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023