Jury Pool Profile

Vanderburgh County, Indiana

Republican +13 (2024)

Population: 179,908
Median household income: $60,938
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 147,680 82.1%
Black or African American alone 17,425 9.7%
Asian alone 2,432 1.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 400 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 456 0.3%
Some other race alone 2,927 1.6%
Two or more races 8,588 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,480 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.9

Under 18 39,159 21.8%
18–24 17,233 9.6%
25–44 47,385 26.3%
45–64 44,110 24.5%
65 and over 32,021 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $15.6B; 3.01% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,061
Establishments: 5,183

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 26,915 25.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 22,452 21.0%
Professional & business services 13,254 12.4%
Manufacturing 12,253 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 12,172 11.4%
Construction 6,853 6.4%
Financial activities 4,317 4.0%
Other services 3,912 3.7%
Public administration 2,948 2.8%
Information 1,925 1.8%
Natural resources & mining 142 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.5%
Median gross rent: $964
Owner-occupied: 49,772
Renter-occupied: 27,426

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 73,794 votes cast

Republican 41,056 55.6%
Democratic 31,727 43.0%
Other / third-party 1,011 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,773 2.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 666 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 422 0.2%
Chinese 393 0.2%
German 392 0.2%
Arabic 370 0.2%
Tagalog 358 0.2%
Other Indo-European 347 0.2%
Other 185 0.1%
Korean 167 0.1%
Vietnamese 108 0.1%
Slavic languages 105 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 77,198
Family households: 46,149; 59.8% of households
Married w/ children: 32,089
Single-mother households: 5,743
Veterans: 9,889; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 38,326 21.3%
Catholic 25,052 13.9%
Mainline Protestant 13,302 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,080 1.7%
Black Protestant 2,364 1.3%
Orthodox 171 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.7%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vanderburgh 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: Evansville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 24; 17.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 24

NHTSA FARS 2023