Shelby County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 40,646 89.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,549 5.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 626 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 455 1.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 953 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 34 0.1%

• Under 18 10,169 22.5%
• 18–24 3,348 7.4%
• 25–44 11,152 24.6%
• 45–64 12,155 26.9%
• 65 and over 8,441 18.6%

Median household income

$76,907

90% interval $70,272–$83,542

+$4,949 vs IN · 26th of 92

Below poverty line

10.9%

90% interval 8.9%–12.9%

−1.2 pp vs IN · 53rd of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.36 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.8B

0.55% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,716

Establishments

1,041

• Manufacturing 4,948 26.1%
• Education & health services 3,917 20.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,489 18.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,286 12.1%
• Professional & business services 1,387 7.3%
• Construction 1,070 5.7%
• Public administration 713 3.8%
• Other services 441 2.3%
• Financial activities 343 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 253 1.3%
• Information 84 0.4%

Home ownership

72.5%

+1.9 pp vs IN · 73rd of 92

Median gross rent

$987

−$75 vs IN · 22nd of 92

Owner-occupied

13,368

Renter-occupied

5,082

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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, $77,518/yr) pays 3.0× the lowest (Information, $25,427/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 14,438 73.1%
• Democratic 4,955 25.1%
• Other / third-party 361 1.8%

• Spanish 1,573 3.7%
• German or other West Germanic 173 0.4%
• Chinese 80 0.2%
• Tagalog 52 0.1%
• Vietnamese 32 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 22 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

18,450

Family households

12,173

66.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,347

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,197

9.8% of families

Veterans

2,406

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,615 16.9%
• Mainline Protestant 5,511 12.2%
• Catholic 5,147 11.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 732 1.6%

Health insured

94.4%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

5.6%

±1.2 pp

62nd of 92

With a disability

15.9%

±1.4 pp

41st of 92

Bachelor's or higher

21.9%

±1.9 pp

−7.6 pp vs IN · 31st 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

Shelby Circuit Court

Judges

4 (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

Shelbyville

Traffic fatalities

15

42.74 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15