Jury Pool Profile

Shelby County, Indiana

Republican +48 (2024)

Population: 45,104
Median household income: $71,301
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,641 92.3%
Black or African American alone 547 1.2%
Asian alone 390 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 54 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.0%
Some other race alone 878 1.9%
Two or more races 1,581 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,451 5.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 10,182 22.6%
18–24 3,302 7.3%
25–44 11,201 24.8%
45–64 12,352 27.4%
65 and over 8,067 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.39 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.8B; 0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,974
Establishments: 1,013

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,967 26.3%
Education & health services 3,836 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,533 18.7%
Leisure & hospitality 2,311 12.2%
Professional & business services 1,353 7.2%
Construction 1,075 5.7%
Public administration 707 3.7%
Other services 436 2.3%
Financial activities 345 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 262 1.4%
Information 90 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.8%
Median gross rent: $956
Owner-occupied: 13,392
Renter-occupied: 4,753

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,754 votes cast

Republican 14,438 73.1%
Democratic 4,955 25.1%
Other / third-party 361 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,649 3.9%
German 223 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 163 0.4%
Other 120 0.3%
Other Indo-European 92 0.2%
Tagalog 39 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 36 0.1%
Vietnamese 31 0.1%
Chinese 18 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,145
Family households: 11,797; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 9,520
Single-mother households: 912
Veterans: 2,392; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 20.04 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023