Jury Pool Profile

Tippecanoe County, Indiana

Republican +0 (2024)

Population: 187,399
Median household income: $58,622
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 142,132 75.8%
Black or African American alone 11,227 6.0%
Asian alone 14,629 7.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 264 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.0%
Some other race alone 6,108 3.3%
Two or more races 13,026 7.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 18,958 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 28.8

Under 18 38,420 20.5%
18–24 44,262 23.6%
25–44 46,782 25.0%
45–64 35,520 19.0%
65 and over 22,415 12.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $13.7B; 2.63% of state
Avg. annual pay: $61,152
Establishments: 4,253

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 28,839 31.1%
Manufacturing 18,500 19.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 14,125 15.2%
Leisure & hospitality 10,203 11.0%
Professional & business services 7,761 8.4%
Construction 4,124 4.4%
Financial activities 2,883 3.1%
Public administration 2,765 3.0%
Other services 2,603 2.8%
Information 729 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 263 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.9%
Median gross rent: $1,088
Owner-occupied: 40,112
Renter-occupied: 34,303

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 66,761 votes cast

Republican 32,783 49.1%
Democratic 32,683 49.0%
Other / third-party 1,295 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,447 5.3%
Chinese 3,848 2.2%
Other Indo-European 3,500 2.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,597 1.5%
Korean 1,129 0.6%
Other 953 0.5%
Slavic languages 695 0.4%
Arabic 639 0.4%
Vietnamese 591 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 551 0.3%
German 473 0.3%
Tagalog 136 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 74,415
Family households: 39,796; 53.5% of households
Married w/ children: 30,223
Single-mother households: 3,865
Veterans: 6,515; 4.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,346 11.5%
Catholic 17,384 9.3%
Mainline Protestant 9,613 5.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,587 3.0%
Orthodox 175 0.1%
Black Protestant 126 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 9.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Tippecanoe Circuit Court
Judges: 7 (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: Lafayette

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 14.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023