Jury Pool Profile

Spencer County, Indiana

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 19,871
Median household income: $70,890
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,842 94.8%
Black or African American alone 110 0.6%
Asian alone 67 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 19 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 197 1.0%
Two or more races 636 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 691 3.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.2

Under 18 4,330 21.8%
18–24 1,382 7.0%
25–44 4,561 23.0%
45–64 5,575 28.1%
65 and over 4,023 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.41 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.3B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,388
Establishments: 502

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,323 18.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,321 18.9%
Manufacturing 1,267 18.1%
Education & health services 1,209 17.3%
Construction 449 6.4%
Public administration 360 5.2%
Professional & business services 311 4.4%
Other services 280 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 182 2.6%
Financial activities 170 2.4%
Information 116 1.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.2%
Median gross rent: $697
Owner-occupied: 6,482
Renter-occupied: 1,497

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,426 votes cast

Republican 7,364 70.6%
Democratic 2,853 27.4%
Other / third-party 209 2.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 470 2.5%
German 29 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 28 0.1%
Chinese 22 0.1%
Other Indo-European 14 0.1%
Other 7 0.0%
Tagalog 6 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,979
Family households: 5,426; 68.0% of households
Married w/ children: 4,535
Single-mother households: 243
Veterans: 1,220; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,831 19.3%
Mainline Protestant 3,242 16.4%
Evangelical Protestant 2,140 10.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Spencer 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: Rockport

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 51.48 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023