Jury Pool Profile

Washington County, Indiana

Republican +55 (2024)

Population: 28,167
Median household income: $61,358
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 27,033 96.0%
Black or African American alone 77 0.3%
Asian alone 46 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 0 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 192 0.7%
Two or more races 819 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 416 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.4

Under 18 6,486 23.0%
18–24 2,036 7.2%
25–44 6,730 23.9%
45–64 7,813 27.7%
65 and over 5,102 18.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; -0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $999.6M; 0.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $43,972
Establishments: 488

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 1,299 22.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,251 21.7%
Manufacturing 1,208 21.0%
Leisure & hospitality 500 8.7%
Public administration 364 6.3%
Construction 324 5.6%
Professional & business services 294 5.1%
Financial activities 210 3.7%
Other services 178 3.1%
Natural resources & mining 83 1.4%
Information 42 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.3%
Median gross rent: $760
Owner-occupied: 9,048
Renter-occupied: 1,946

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,722 votes cast

Republican 9,739 76.6%
Democratic 2,764 21.7%
Other / third-party 219 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 260 1.0%
German 122 0.5%
Korean 27 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.1%
Tagalog 17 0.1%
Other Indo-European 8 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 10,994
Family households: 7,554; 68.7% of households
Married w/ children: 5,596
Single-mother households: 716
Veterans: 1,420; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.8% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.7%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 13.84 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023