Washington County, Indiana

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,879 95.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 433 1.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 97 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 37 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 664 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 99 0.4%

• Under 18 6,429 22.8%
• 18–24 2,024 7.2%
• 25–44 6,851 24.3%
• 45–64 7,674 27.2%
• 65 and over 5,234 18.6%

Median household income

$66,805

90% interval $60,304–$73,306

−$5,153 vs IN · 66th of 92

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 12.1%–17.5%

+2.7 pp vs IN · 13th of 92

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.17 pp vs. state

County GDP

$999.6M

0.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,629

Establishments

491

• Education & health services 1,264 22.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,259 22.2%
• Manufacturing 1,148 20.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 505 8.9%
• Public administration 357 6.3%
• Construction 333 5.9%
• Professional & business services 317 5.6%
• Financial activities 189 3.3%
• Other services 167 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 85 1.5%
• Information 40 0.7%

Home ownership

82.1%

+11.5 pp vs IN · 16th of 92

Median gross rent

$780

−$282 vs IN · 76th of 92

Owner-occupied

9,214

Renter-occupied

2,015

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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, $60,018/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,812/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 9,739 76.6%
• Democratic 2,764 21.7%
• Other / third-party 219 1.7%

• German or other West Germanic 215 0.8%
• Spanish 197 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 16 0.1%
• Korean 13 0.0%

Households

11,229

Family households

7,708

68.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,884

24.4% of families

Single-mother families

753

9.8% of families

Veterans

1,418

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 6,145 21.8%
• Mainline Protestant 2,284 8.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 592 2.1%
• Catholic 220 0.8%

Health insured

92.2%

±2 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±2 pp

22nd of 92

With a disability

16.5%

±1.5 pp

39th of 92

Bachelor's or higher

14.5%

±1.8 pp

−15.0 pp vs IN · 84th of 92

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.2%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Washington 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

Salem

Traffic fatalities

6

27.54 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5