Jury Pool Profile

Scott County, Indiana

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 24,468
Median household income: $54,583
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 23,213 94.9%
Black or African American alone 75 0.3%
Asian alone 4 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 69 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 264 1.1%
Two or more races 833 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 605 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 5,514 22.5%
18–24 1,939 7.9%
25–44 5,968 24.4%
45–64 6,894 28.2%
65 and over 4,153 17.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.66 pp vs. state
County GDP: $948.8M; 0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,317
Establishments: 429

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,563 31.9%
Education & health services 1,969 24.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,254 15.6%
Leisure & hospitality 947 11.8%
Public administration 448 5.6%
Professional & business services 261 3.2%
Other services 198 2.5%
Financial activities 167 2.1%
Construction 166 2.1%
Information 41 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 28 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $790
Owner-occupied: 6,947
Renter-occupied: 2,690

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,187 votes cast

Republican 7,633 74.9%
Democratic 2,389 23.5%
Other / third-party 165 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 183 0.8%
Other Indo-European 107 0.5%
Other 64 0.3%
German 35 0.2%
Slavic languages 24 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 16 0.1%
Arabic 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,637
Family households: 5,837; 60.6% of households
Married w/ children: 4,326
Single-mother households: 530
Veterans: 1,231; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,395 18.0%
Mainline Protestant 2,617 10.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 566 2.3%
Catholic 300 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 22.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 12.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Scott 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: Scottsburg

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 26.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023