Ripley County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 27,404 94.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 577 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 218 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 147 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 632 2.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 117 0.4%

• Under 18 6,862 23.6%
• 18–24 2,339 8.0%
• 25–44 6,693 23.0%
• 45–64 7,742 26.6%
• 65 and over 5,459 18.8%

Median household income

$70,676

90% interval $63,226–$78,126

−$1,282 vs IN · 44th of 92

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 7.6%–11.6%

−2.5 pp vs IN · 67th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,333

Establishments

812

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,914 26.5%
• Education & health services 2,472 22.5%
• Manufacturing 1,964 17.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 779 7.1%
• Professional & business services 767 7.0%
• Public administration 549 5.0%
• Construction 480 4.4%
• Financial activities 435 4.0%
• Other services 366 3.3%
• Natural resources & mining 149 1.4%
• Information 126 1.1%

Home ownership

76.8%

+6.2 pp vs IN · 48th of 92

Median gross rent

$839

−$223 vs IN · 59th of 92

Owner-occupied

8,861

Renter-occupied

2,670

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $73,419/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,205/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 11,526 80.1%
• Democratic 2,682 18.6%
• Other / third-party 176 1.2%

• Spanish 164 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 108 0.4%
• Korean 58 0.2%
• Tagalog 58 0.2%

Households

11,531

Family households

7,881

68.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,128

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

663

8.4% of families

Veterans

1,548

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,372 22.0%
• Mainline Protestant 5,348 18.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,588 15.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 212 0.7%

Health insured

94.8%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±1 pp

71st of 92

With a disability

14.3%

±1.6 pp

60th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

20.7%

±2.3 pp

−8.8 pp vs IN · 37th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.2%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Ripley 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

Versailles

Traffic fatalities

3

13.49 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2