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Vermillion County, Indiana

Republican +44.7 (2024)
County seat
Newport
Judicial district
Vermillion Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate)
15,488
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 15,421.

At a glance

Vermillion County is a 15,488-person venue. The county population is 96% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $60,160, $11,798 below the IN state median of $71,958; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 20.5% of covered employment, average pay $51,347/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.89%, above the 3.42% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 65% to 71% of the vote across the three.

Population
15,421
Median household income
$60,200
Unemployment
3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 96% / 1%.

Vermillion County has a population of 15,421, with a median age of 42.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 95.8%; Black residents 0.7%. Independently, 1.5% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $60,160; 17.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.3% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 14,701 95.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 236 1.5%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 104 0.7%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 337 2.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

  • Under 18 3,320 21.5%
  • 18–24 1,207 7.8%
  • 25–44 3,646 23.6%
  • 45–64 4,157 27.0%
  • 65 and over 3,091 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$60,160
90% interval $53,791–$66,529
−$11,798 vs IN · 85th of 92
Below poverty line
13.3%
90% interval 10.6%–16.0%
+1.2 pp vs IN · 28th of 92

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by trade & transportation and healthcare & education

Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 930, Education & health services about 900.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 20.5% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.89%, above the Indiana state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.9%
+0.47 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.1B
0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,355
Establishments
296

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 928 20.5%
  • Education & health services 902 19.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 401 8.9%
  • Public administration 235 5.2%
  • Professional & business services 152 3.4%
  • Financial activities 113 2.5%
  • Information 6 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 60.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
75.2%
+4.6 pp vs IN · 59th of 92
Median gross rent
$750
−$312 vs IN · 84th of 92
Owner-occupied
4,960
Renter-occupied
1,634

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Diversified

    Top three sectors employ 49% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $58,660/yr) pays 2.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,442/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 69%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Vermillion County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.3% in 2024, 69.3% in 2020, 65.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 7,256 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201665.3%30.1%
202069.3%28.7%
202471.3%26.6%
  • Republican 5,174 71.3%
  • Democratic 1,928 26.6%
  • Other / third-party 154 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 63% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

1.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Korean. Veterans account for 7.1% of the adult civilian population (853 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

98.5% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 142 1.0%
  • German or other West Germanic 22 0.2%
  • Korean 7 0.0%
  • Chinese 3 0.0%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
6,594
Family households
4,170
63.2% of households
Married couples w/ children
1,160
27.8% of families
Single-mother families
296
7.1% of families
Veterans
853
7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

23.8% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 1,878 12.2%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,117 7.2%
  • Catholic 672 4.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.7%
±1.1 pp
Uninsured
4.3%
±1.1 pp
84th of 92
With a disability
20.4%
±2.3 pp
6th of 92
Bachelor's or higher
17.6%
±2.6 pp
−11.9 pp vs IN · 61st of 92
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
7.7%
90% interval 6.8%–8.6% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Vermillion Circuit Court
Judges
2 (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
Newport
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Vermillion totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
24.79 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Vermillion County, Indiana to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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