Jury Pool Profile

Ripley County, Indiana

Republican +61 (2024)

Population: 29,039
Median household income: $71,084
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,677 95.3%
Black or African American alone 65 0.2%
Asian alone 149 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 399 1.4%
Two or more races 749 2.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 555 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 6,882 23.7%
18–24 2,320 8.0%
25–44 6,674 23.0%
45–64 7,794 26.8%
65 and over 5,369 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.33 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.27% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,394
Establishments: 800

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,738 24.2%
Education & health services 2,471 21.8%
Manufacturing 2,406 21.2%
Professional & business services 858 7.6%
Leisure & hospitality 775 6.8%
Public administration 548 4.8%
Financial activities 452 4.0%
Construction 433 3.8%
Other services 365 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 151 1.3%
Information 128 1.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.8%
Median gross rent: $799
Owner-occupied: 8,837
Renter-occupied: 2,519

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 14,384 votes cast

Republican 11,526 80.1%
Democratic 2,682 18.6%
Other / third-party 176 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 249 0.9%
German 154 0.6%
Korean 100 0.4%
Other Indo-European 86 0.3%
Tagalog 51 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 11,356
Family households: 7,827; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 6,076
Single-mother households: 645
Veterans: 1,782; 8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 9.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023