Jury Pool Profile

Whitley County, Indiana

Republican +50 (2024)

Population: 34,388
Median household income: $75,790
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 32,237 93.7%
Black or African American alone 70 0.2%
Asian alone 103 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 31 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 309 0.9%
Two or more races 1,638 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 906 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 7,936 23.1%
18–24 2,523 7.3%
25–44 8,258 24.0%
45–64 9,273 27.0%
65 and over 6,398 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; -0.4 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.43% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,376
Establishments: 764

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,977 42.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,160 15.5%
Education & health services 1,953 14.0%
Leisure & hospitality 1,026 7.4%
Construction 650 4.7%
Professional & business services 645 4.6%
Other services 595 4.3%
Public administration 479 3.4%
Financial activities 266 1.9%
Information 111 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 95 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.2%
Median gross rent: $867
Owner-occupied: 11,172
Renter-occupied: 2,757

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,726 votes cast

Republican 13,122 74.0%
Democratic 4,275 24.1%
Other / third-party 329 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

German 384 1.2%
Spanish 219 0.7%
Other Indo-European 133 0.4%
Arabic 79 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 35 0.1%
Vietnamese 28 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.1%
Tagalog 17 0.1%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,929
Family households: 9,628; 69.1% of households
Married w/ children: 7,659
Single-mother households: 738
Veterans: 1,972; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,713 19.6%
Mainline Protestant 2,940 8.6%
Catholic 2,747 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 504 1.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Whitley 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: Columbia City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Indiana statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 41.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023