Scott County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,929 93.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 644 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 96 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 582 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 257 1.0%

• Under 18 5,702 23.2%
• 18–24 1,847 7.5%
• 25–44 5,928 24.2%
• 45–64 6,862 28.0%
• 65 and over 4,187 17.1%

Median household income

$62,514

90% interval $55,401–$69,627

−$9,444 vs IN · 78th of 92

Below poverty line

15.0%

90% interval 11.8%–18.2%

+2.9 pp vs IN · 12th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$948.8M

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,682

Establishments

436

• Manufacturing 2,786 33.7%
• Education & health services 1,996 24.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,162 14.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,026 12.4%
• Public administration 428 5.2%
• Professional & business services 251 3.0%
• Construction 186 2.2%
• Other services 184 2.2%
• Financial activities 177 2.1%
• Information 43 0.5%
• Natural resources & mining 33 0.4%

Home ownership

70.9%

+0.3 pp vs IN · 79th of 92

Median gross rent

$822

−$240 vs IN · 67th of 92

Owner-occupied

6,984

Renter-occupied

2,864

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $69,549/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,246/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 184 0.8%
• German or other West Germanic 53 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 17 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 8 0.0%
• Arabic 7 0.0%

Households

9,848

Family households

5,958

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,590

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

507

8.5% of families

Veterans

1,290

6.9% of civilians 18+

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

Health insured

96.7%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±1.1 pp

91st of 92

With a disability

21.2%

±3.1 pp

4th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

12.7%

±2.3 pp

−16.8 pp vs IN · 88th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.6%

90% interval 7.6%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

5

26.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4