Jury Pool Profile

Rush County, Indiana

Republican +54 (2024)

Population: 16,734
Median household income: $64,393
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,060 96.0%
Black or African American alone 109 0.7%
Asian alone 11 0.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 92 0.5%
Two or more races 462 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 300 1.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 3,761 22.5%
18–24 1,195 7.1%
25–44 3,945 23.6%
45–64 4,663 27.9%
65 and over 3,170 18.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; -0.26 pp vs. state
County GDP: $764.1M; 0.15% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,977
Establishments: 430

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,314 26.8%
Education & health services 990 20.2%
Manufacturing 983 20.1%
Public administration 329 6.7%
Construction 323 6.6%
Leisure & hospitality 302 6.2%
Professional & business services 235 4.8%
Other services 149 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 117 2.4%
Financial activities 96 2.0%
Information 62 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.4%
Median gross rent: $831
Owner-occupied: 4,878
Renter-occupied: 1,772

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,655 votes cast

Republican 5,812 75.9%
Democratic 1,675 21.9%
Other / third-party 168 2.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 297 1.9%
German 279 1.8%
Tagalog 11 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,650
Family households: 4,422; 66.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,508
Single-mother households: 308
Veterans: 970; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 3,082 18.4%
Catholic 1,156 6.9%
Mainline Protestant 850 5.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.1%
With a disability: 16.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Rush 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: Rushville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 23.12 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023