Vanderburgh County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 144,554 80.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,830 3.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 15,182 8.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,480 1.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 9,180 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 119 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 569 0.3%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,203 0.7%

• Under 18 39,047 21.7%
• 18–24 17,286 9.6%
• 25–44 47,616 26.4%
• 45–64 43,207 24.0%
• 65 and over 32,961 18.3%

Median household income

$63,717

90% interval $58,900–$68,534

−$8,241 vs IN · 76th of 92

Below poverty line

12.8%

90% interval 10.9%–14.7%

+0.7 pp vs IN · 30th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.13 pp vs. state

County GDP

$15.6B

3.01% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,472

Establishments

5,228

• Education & health services 28,039 26.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 22,187 20.7%
• Professional & business services 12,727 11.8%
• Manufacturing 12,178 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 12,126 11.3%
• Construction 6,818 6.3%
• Financial activities 4,369 4.1%
• Other services 3,938 3.7%
• Public administration 3,016 2.8%
• Information 1,891 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 138 0.1%

Home ownership

65.0%

−5.6 pp vs IN · 88th of 92

Median gross rent

$985

−$77 vs IN · 23rd of 92

Owner-occupied

50,903

Renter-occupied

27,367

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $80,743/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,744/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 21 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 3,805 2.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 544 0.3%
• Chinese 499 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 425 0.3%
• Tagalog 378 0.2%
• Arabic 172 0.1%
• Korean 164 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 137 0.1%
• Vietnamese 119 0.1%

Households

78,270

Family households

45,673

58.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,133

24.4% of families

Single-mother families

5,497

12.0% of families

Veterans

9,467

6.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.1%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

6.9%

±0.6 pp

38th of 92

With a disability

17.1%

±0.8 pp

35th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

27.8%

±1.1 pp

−1.7 pp vs IN · 15th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.5%

90% interval 7.7%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

21

14.89 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

20