Jury Pool Profile

Steuben County, Indiana

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 34,648
Median household income: $71,483
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,297 93.2%
Black or African American alone 266 0.8%
Asian alone 64 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 14 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 512 1.5%
Two or more races 1,490 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,488 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

Under 18 6,914 20.0%
18–24 3,969 11.5%
25–44 7,027 20.3%
45–64 9,352 27.0%
65 and over 7,386 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; -0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,004
Establishments: 1,020

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,068 31.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,414 21.0%
Education & health services 2,952 18.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,540 9.5%
Professional & business services 1,204 7.4%
Public administration 577 3.5%
Construction 538 3.3%
Other services 457 2.8%
Financial activities 262 1.6%
Information 134 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 110 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $921
Owner-occupied: 11,037
Renter-occupied: 2,728

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,354 votes cast

Republican 11,487 70.2%
Democratic 4,598 28.1%
Other / third-party 269 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 747 2.3%
Other Indo-European 94 0.3%
German 84 0.3%
Other 79 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 49 0.1%
Slavic languages 47 0.1%
Tagalog 36 0.1%
Korean 16 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,765
Family households: 9,092; 66.1% of households
Married w/ children: 7,527
Single-mother households: 529
Veterans: 2,252; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,213 18.0%
Catholic 2,818 8.2%
Black Protestant 1,950 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 1,833 5.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 780 2.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 14.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Steuben 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: Angola

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 32.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023