Union County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 6,642 95.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 178 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 40 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 30 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 91 1.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 4 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%

• Under 18 1,443 20.7%
• 18–24 546 7.8%
• 25–44 1,618 23.2%
• 45–64 1,906 27.3%
• 65 and over 1,472 21.1%

Median household income

$67,286

90% interval $59,343–$75,229

−$4,672 vs IN · 62nd of 92

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 8.7%–13.9%

−0.8 pp vs IN · 49th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.5%

−0.88 pp vs. state

County GDP

$216.3M

0.04% of state

Avg. annual pay

$44,606

Establishments

160

• Manufacturing 456 26.9%
• Education & health services 394 23.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 339 20.0%
• Public administration 104 6.1%
• Professional & business services 62 3.7%
• Other services 39 2.3%
• Information 19 1.1%

The sectors listed cover 83.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.8%

+9.2 pp vs IN · 33rd of 92

Median gross rent

$760

−$302 vs IN · 81st of 92

Owner-occupied

2,347

Renter-occupied

593

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Compressed wage spread

  Highest-paid sector pays only 2.0× the lowest ($69,709 vs $35,589/yr), a relatively flat local wage distribution.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 2,698 77.2%
• Democratic 746 21.4%
• Other / third-party 49 1.4%

• Spanish 138 2.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.2%

Households

2,940

Family households

2,056

69.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

428

20.8% of families

Single-mother families

121

5.9% of families

Veterans

534

9.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 784 11.1%
• Mainline Protestant 737 10.4%
• Catholic 241 3.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

Health insured

93.2%

±2.5 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±2.5 pp

43rd of 92

With a disability

14.1%

±2.7 pp

63rd of 92

Bachelor's or higher

18.4%

±3.7 pp

−11.1 pp vs IN · 59th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.4%

90% interval 6.5%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Union 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

Liberty

Traffic fatalities

2

36.09 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2