Jury Pool Profile

St. Joseph County, Indiana

Democratic +2 (2024)

Population: 272,574
Median household income: $64,885
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 196,634 72.1%
Black or African American alone 34,362 12.6%
Asian alone 6,953 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 753 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 205 0.1%
Some other race alone 8,632 3.2%
Two or more races 25,035 9.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,729 10.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

Under 18 63,561 23.3%
18–24 30,959 11.4%
25–44 69,379 25.5%
45–64 63,639 23.3%
65 and over 45,036 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $19.5B; 3.75% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,303
Establishments: 6,539

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 38,504 31.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 23,622 19.5%
Leisure & hospitality 13,954 11.5%
Manufacturing 13,078 10.8%
Professional & business services 10,846 9.0%
Construction 5,631 4.7%
Financial activities 5,290 4.4%
Public administration 4,456 3.7%
Other services 3,917 3.2%
Information 1,526 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 219 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 68.8%
Median gross rent: $1,030
Owner-occupied: 73,649
Renter-occupied: 33,356

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 110,419 votes cast

Democratic 55,215 50.0%
Republican 53,585 48.5%
Other / third-party 1,619 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

88.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 16,840 6.6%
Other 1,893 0.7%
Other Indo-European 1,848 0.7%
Chinese 1,484 0.6%
Slavic languages 1,298 0.5%
German 1,052 0.4%
Korean 881 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 847 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 702 0.3%
Tagalog 565 0.2%
Vietnamese 492 0.2%
Arabic 427 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 107,005
Family households: 63,641; 59.5% of households
Married w/ children: 45,405
Single-mother households: 7,716
Veterans: 12,284; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 46,674 17.1%
Evangelical Protestant 34,918 12.8%
Mainline Protestant 11,866 4.3%
Black Protestant 8,304 3.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 6,199 2.3%
Orthodox 610 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: St. Joseph Circuit Court
Judges: 9 (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: South Bend

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 31; 14.83 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023