Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Indiana

Republican +33 (2024)

Population: 66,377
Median household income: $56,652
Unemployment: 3.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 57,723 87.0%
Black or African American alone 2,737 4.1%
Asian alone 700 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 270 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,222 1.8%
Two or more races 3,720 5.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,531 3.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 15,012 22.6%
18–24 6,054 9.1%
25–44 15,313 23.1%
45–64 17,241 26.0%
65 and over 12,757 19.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.7%; +0.14 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.8B; 0.73% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,067
Establishments: 1,496

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 9,846 33.1%
Manufacturing 5,810 19.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,137 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,083 10.4%
Professional & business services 1,821 6.1%
Public administration 1,043 3.5%
Construction 975 3.3%
Financial activities 926 3.1%
Other services 715 2.4%
Information 216 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 164 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.7%
Median gross rent: $813
Owner-occupied: 18,696
Renter-occupied: 8,122

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,797 votes cast

Republican 17,526 65.4%
Democratic 8,828 32.9%
Other / third-party 443 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,969 3.2%
German 835 1.3%
Chinese 199 0.3%
Other Indo-European 173 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 113 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 93 0.1%
Vietnamese 61 0.1%
Other 28 0.0%
Slavic languages 22 0.0%
Tagalog 5 0.0%
Korean 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,818
Family households: 17,003; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 12,193
Single-mother households: 2,004
Veterans: 4,176; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 12,581 18.9%
Mainline Protestant 5,553 8.3%
Catholic 4,269 6.4%
Black Protestant 1,100 1.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 775 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.3%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Wayne Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Richmond

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 13.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023