Jury Pool Profile

Wabash County, Indiana

Republican +51 (2024)

Population: 30,901
Median household income: $68,414
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,170 94.4%
Black or African American alone 364 1.2%
Asian alone 120 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 46 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.1%
Some other race alone 328 1.1%
Two or more races 850 2.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 938 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 6,515 21.1%
18–24 2,753 8.9%
25–44 6,974 22.6%
45–64 8,081 26.2%
65 and over 6,578 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.19 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,288
Establishments: 778

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,076 24.8%
Manufacturing 2,756 22.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,207 17.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,210 9.8%
Professional & business services 702 5.7%
Construction 645 5.2%
Natural resources & mining 590 4.8%
Public administration 490 4.0%
Financial activities 400 3.2%
Other services 244 2.0%
Information 75 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.4%
Median gross rent: $752
Owner-occupied: 10,094
Renter-occupied: 2,460

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 13,955 votes cast

Republican 10,425 74.7%
Democratic 3,335 23.9%
Other / third-party 195 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 402 1.4%
German 120 0.4%
Other 59 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 52 0.2%
Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
Tagalog 27 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
Arabic 23 0.1%
Slavic languages 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,554
Family households: 8,323; 66.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,547
Single-mother households: 747
Veterans: 1,662; 6.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,071 19.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,549 11.5%
Catholic 955 3.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 219 0.7%
Black Protestant 150 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.2%
With a disability: 15.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Wabash Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Wabash

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 0; 0 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 0

NHTSA FARS 2023