Sullivan County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 18,788 90.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 393 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 620 3.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 80 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 766 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 12 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 121 0.6%

• Under 18 3,907 18.8%
• 18–24 1,605 7.7%
• 25–44 5,617 27.0%
• 45–64 5,714 27.5%
• 65 and over 3,937 18.9%

Median household income

$61,119

90% interval $57,530–$64,708

−$10,839 vs IN · 81st of 92

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 11.1%–17.3%

+2.1 pp vs IN · 19th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,710

Establishments

366

• Education & health services 1,222 21.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 991 17.6%
• Public administration 975 17.3%
• Natural resources & mining 747 13.3%
• Manufacturing 566 10.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 469 8.3%
• Professional & business services 196 3.5%
• Financial activities 124 2.2%
• Information 120 2.1%
• Construction 113 2.0%
• Other services 108 1.9%

Home ownership

76.4%

+5.8 pp vs IN · 51st of 92

Median gross rent

$829

−$233 vs IN · 66th of 92

Owner-occupied

5,983

Renter-occupied

1,849

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $93,927/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,966/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 6,639 75.5%
• Democratic 2,006 22.8%
• Other / third-party 147 1.7%

• Spanish 188 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 18 0.1%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

7,832

Family households

5,083

64.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,399

27.5% of families

Single-mother families

496

9.8% of families

Veterans

1,300

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,646 22.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,918 9.2%
• Catholic 384 1.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 120 0.6%
• Black Protestant 100 0.5%

Health insured

93.2%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±1.7 pp

42nd of 92

With a disability

19.0%

±2 pp

19th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

14.6%

±2.2 pp

−14.9 pp vs IN · 82nd of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.5%

90% interval 7.5%–9.5% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Sullivan 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

Sullivan

Traffic fatalities

5

29.63 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5