Jury Pool Profile

Switzerland County, Indiana

Republican +58 (2024)

Population: 9,914
Median household income: $65,148
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 9,446 95.3%
Black or African American alone 28 0.3%
Asian alone 101 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 36 0.4%
Two or more races 293 3.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 95 1.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.1

Under 18 2,372 23.9%
18–24 709 7.2%
25–44 2,349 23.7%
45–64 2,652 26.8%
65 and over 1,832 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.37 pp vs. state
County GDP: $328.7M; 0.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,058
Establishments: 146

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 631 38.0%
Education & health services 365 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 206 12.4%
Public administration 147 8.8%
Manufacturing 127 7.6%
Other services 50 3.0%
Construction 34 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 29 1.7%
Information 9 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.8%
Median gross rent: $720
Owner-occupied: 3,111
Renter-occupied: 786

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,257 votes cast

Republican 3,319 78.0%
Democratic 873 20.5%
Other / third-party 65 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

German 266 2.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 72 0.8%
Spanish 29 0.3%
Chinese 26 0.3%
Other 11 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 3,897
Family households: 2,419; 62.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,664
Single-mother households: 104
Veterans: 656; 8.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,399 14.4%
Mainline Protestant 947 9.7%
Catholic 149 1.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 86.9%
With a disability: 20.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Switzerland Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Vevay

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 26.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023