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Jefferson County, Indiana

Jefferson County, Indiana has a quality-of-life score of 47 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #1,671 of 3,143 US counties. Within Indiana it ranks #56 of 92 counties. It ranks best on drought exposure (low), flu vaccinations (high) and reading scores (high). It ranks worst on comfortable days (low), public transit commuters (low) and hospital quality rating (low).

47Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #1,671 of 3,143 counties
Indiana: #56 of 92 in IN
Population: 33,279 (2025)
Land area: 361 mi²
Density: 92.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 18077

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 76 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety40#1,848/3,096
Economy51#1,555/3,143
Housing68#1,018/3,140
Health34#2,091/3,144
Healthcare56#1,394/3,143
Environment42#1,795/3,108
Education46#1,705/3,144
Infrastructure57#1,361/3,144
Community46#1,690/3,144
Leisure & amenities40#1,890/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Jefferson County, Indiana ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Drought exposure · low1%
95/100Indiana 19%United States 43%Oct 2025–Sep 2026National Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA
Flu vaccinations · high49.0%
86/100Indiana 47.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Reading scores · high3.19
78/100Indiana 3.08United States 3.052019University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.422
78/100Indiana 0.452United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Drinking water violations · low0
78/100Indiana 0United States 02024University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Distance to an airport · low42 mi
72/100Indiana 38 miUnited States 33 mi2025Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau

Weaknesses

Comfortable days · low22.5%
6/100Indiana 24.0%United States 26.8%2016-2025NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
Public transit commuters · low0.0%
12/100Indiana 0.6%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
14/100Indiana 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services
Job growth · low-3.0%
14/100Indiana -0.1%United States 0.1%2026 Q1U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsProvisional data
Voter turnout · low55.6%
17/100Indiana 59.4%United States 65.2%2024U.S. Election Assistance Commission
Depression · high27.5%
19/100Indiana 25.6%United States 20.7%2023Centers for Disease Control and PreventionModel-based estimate

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Child care cost burdenWorsening
20.3% (2020 & 2021) → 33.2% (2023 & 2024)
+13 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
New business applicationsImproving
6.2 /1k (2020) → 9.6 /1k (2025)
+56%5 yearsUS 13.1 /1k → 16.6 /1k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
39.3 /100k (2021) → 17.7 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−55%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
76.1% (2015-2019) → 86.9% (2020-2024)
+11 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Access to exercise opportunitiesImproving
59.4% (2010 & 2021) → 69.3% (2022 & 2024)
+9.9 pts3 yearsUS 79.8% → 84.5%
Grocery storesImproving
1.2 /10k (2020) → 1.8 /10k (2025)
+49%5 yearsUS 1.7 /10k → 1.7 /10k

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

Over about five years, Jefferson County, Indiana improved on 8 of 29 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 18 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2015-2019 with 2020-2024); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved8

Unemployment−4 points7.7% → 3.7%
Household income+32%$53,378 → $70,467
Students / teacher−1.6×17.0× → 15.4×
Overdose deaths−48%34.2 /100k → 17.7 /100k
New businesses+56%6.2 /1k → 9.6 /1k

Declined1

Price / income+0.5×2.5× → 3.0×

All 29 measures

Change of every measure of Jefferson County, Indiana between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Arts, entertainment and recreation	2.1 /10k2020	2.4 /10k2025	+14%	Within the margin of error	64%
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	22.2 min2020-2024	−1.8 min	Within the margin of error	87%
Average weekly wage	$8312020	$1,0362025	+25%	Improved	55%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.9%2015-2019	19.8%2020-2024	+1.9 points	Within the margin of error	35%
Broadband subscriptions	76.1%2015-2019	86.9%2020-2024	+11 points	Improved	57%
Child poverty rate	17.1%2019	17.5%2024	+0.4 points	Within the margin of error	21%
Distance to an airport	42 mi2020	42 mi2025	0 mi	Little change	50%
Drug overdose deaths	34.2 /100k2020	17.7 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−48%	Improved	74%
Effective property tax rate	0.76%2015-2019	0.64%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Little change	52%
Firearm deaths	12.1 /100k2020	12.0 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−0.8%	Within the margin of error	50%
Grocery stores	1.2 /10k2020	1.8 /10k2025	+49%	Within the margin of error	95%
Gyms and fitness centers	0.3 /10k2020	0.3 /10k2025	−0.6%	Within the margin of error	45%
High school diploma or higher	89.7%2015-2019	90.0%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	16%
Home price to income ratio	2.5×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.5×	Declined	38%
Income adjusted for local prices	$48,6712019	$64,7342024	+33%	Improved	58%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4532015-2019	0.4222020-2024	−0.030	Within the margin of error	89%
Median household income	$53,3782019	$70,4672024	+32%	Improved	82%
New business applications	6.2 /1k2020	9.6 /1k2025	+56%	Improved	65%
Pharmacies	1.8 /10k2020	1.5 /10k2025	−17%	Within the margin of error	29%
Poverty rate	11.6%2019	14.2%2024	+2.6 points	Within the margin of error	4%
Public libraries	0.6 /10k2019	0.6 /10k2024	−2.4%	Within the margin of error	40%
Rent as share of income	27.3%2015-2019	27.2%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	56%
Rent-burdened households	44.3%2015-2019	39.3%2020-2024	−5 points	Within the margin of error	79%
Restaurants and bars	8.2 /10k2020	8.4 /10k2025	+3.1%	Within the margin of error	58%
Students per teacher	17.0×2019	15.4×2024	−1.6×	Improved	79%
Suicide rate	15.3 /100k2020	15.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	+3.9%	Within the margin of error	49%
Traffic deaths	16.8 /100k2015-2019	18.8 /100k2020-2024	+12%	Within the margin of error	40%
Unemployment rate	7.7%2020	3.7%2025	−4 points	Improved	83%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	9.1%2019	9.2%2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	24%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2431 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts; Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates; Business Formation Statistics; Small Area Health Insurance Estimates; Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 3144 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Counties like Jefferson County, Indiana five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jefferson County, Indiana in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

For comparison, Jefferson County, Indiana itself moved +2.4 points in standing on average over the same 30 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

32,998 residents

Men
Women

80 and over
70–79
60–69
50–59
40–49
30–39
20–29
10–19
Under 10

Share of all residents, each sex

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 50–59 women (−1.6 points).

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

32,998 residents

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

White91%30,012
Black1.0%†343
Hispanic or Latino3.5%1,148
Asian0.8%270
American Indian and Alaska Native0.2%†60
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%†11
Other or two or more races3.5%1,154

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Other or two or more races (+2.0 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

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American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

23,212 residents (±94)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

No high school diploma10%2,332
High school or GED38%8,770
Some college21%4,790
Associate degree12%2,733
Bachelor's degree11%2,551
Graduate degree8.8%2,036

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: High school or GED (−4.6 points).

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B15003View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

12,790 households (±342)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $25k16%2,064
$25k–50k22%2,854
$50k–75k18%2,245
$75k–100k15%1,935
$100k–150k18%2,325
$150k–200k5.3%†678
$200k or more5.4%689

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−7.6 points).

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

12,790 households (±342)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Own72%9,188
Rent28%3,602

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

3,300 households (±447)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $75035%†1,162
$750–1,00035%1,158
$1,000–1,50026%852

Home values

9,188 homes (±437)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under $150k34%3,097
$150k–250k31%2,839
$250k–400k26%2,372

Age of homes

14,517 homes (±30)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

2010 or later5.8%845
2000–20098.4%1,226
1980–199921%3,063

Size of homes

14,517 homes (±30)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Studio1.9%†278
1 bedroom9.9%1,431
2 bedrooms24%3,422

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

14,713 workers (±716)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Drive alone82%12,111
Carpool8.6%1,267
Public transit0.0%0
Walk2.5%370
Bike0.1%†14
Work from home5.8%846
Other0.7%†105

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

13,867 workers (±763)

Jefferson County, Indiana
Indiana share

Under 15 min44%6,036
15–29 min27%3,759
30–44 min11%1,478

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Madison, IN

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

Jefferson County has 677 employer establishments, 205 for every 10,000 residents (0.83× the US rate of 248; 0.91× Indiana's), with 11,850 paid employees at an average annual pay of $47,123. The Census Bureau also counts 2,106 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 677; 2,106 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 205; US 248 · Indiana 226
Paid employees: 11,850
Average annual pay: $47,123; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Jefferson County by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	57	17.3	0.83×About typical	609	$72,008	81
Restaurants and other eating places	57	17.3	0.94×About typical	1,004	$19,827	5
Religious organizations	31	9.4	1.69×More than typical	120	$21,725	—
Lessors of real estate	28	8.5	0.69×Fewer than typical	71	$28,282	212
Limited-service restaurants	23	7	0.87×About typical	572	$19,486	—
Specialty trade contractors	23	7	0.45×Fewer than typical	175	$64,851	225
Full-service restaurants	22	6.7	0.87×About typical	340	$21,391	4
Offices of other health practitioners	19	5.8	0.95×About typical	99	$52,747	51
Automotive repair and maintenance	16	4.9	0.96×About typical	77	$41,416	36
Insurance agencies and brokerages	15	4.5	1.04×About typical	35	$62,914	39
Offices of physicians	15	4.5	0.70×Fewer than typical	257	$96,506	11
Construction of buildings	14	4.2	0.56×Fewer than typical	79	$45,494	110

Rank places for an industry

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 32,971 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $2.7M on contracts performed in Jefferson County, Indiana: $81.34 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $2.7M; −19% vs FY2025
Per resident: $81.34; US $1,994
Sole-source: 87%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

OSAGE NATION ENERGY SERVICES LLC$1.8M66%
BRISTOL-BB&E JV LLC$486.4K18%
MADISON CHEMICAL CO INC$420K16%
VEHICLE SERVICE GROUP, LLC$109.2K4.0%
MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC$87.5K3.2%

Spending by fiscal year

1.9MFY2017
2.2MFY2018
1.4MFY2019
2.3MFY2020
1.6MFY2021
4.1MFY2022
2.4MFY2023
2.3M

Top industries (NAICS)

Remediation and other waste management services · 5629$2.3M84%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$420K16%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$109.2K4.0%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$87.5K3.2%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$17.1K0.6%
Independent artists, writers, and performers · 7115$8,000

Largest awards

THIS 8(A) CONTRACT IS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL REMEDIATION SERVICES FOR JEFFERSON PROVING GROUNDS (JPG SITE -32 MMRP-IC) LOCATED ON JEFFERSON PROVING GROUNDS (JPG) IN JEFFERSON COUNTY, MADISON, INDIANA.$3.6M
OSAGE NATION ENERGY SERVICES LLC· Jefferson County, IN· Facilities & utilities· Jun 10, 2025 – May 14, 2026· W912QR25CA006
JEFFERSON PROVING GROUNDS RA(O)$1.3M
MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS LLC· Jefferson County, IN· Facilities & utilities· Jun 2, 2022 – May 5, 2026· W912QR22F0175
PROVIDE ENVIRONMENTAL RADIATION MONITORING AT JEFFERSON PROVING GROUNDS IN MADISON, IN.$486.4K
BRISTOL-BB&E JV LLC· Jefferson County, IN· Facilities & utilities· Jun 5, 2026 – Jun 5, 2026· W912QR26FA155

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

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Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $223.3M in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Jefferson County, Indiana: $6,710 per resident (US $12,955).

Assistance · FY2026: $223.3M; −3.3% vs FY2025
Per resident: $6,710; US $12,955
Loan face value: $11.7M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 1.7%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$142.7M64%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$25.1M11%

Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Jefferson County, Indiana compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Jefferson County, Indiana
United States
Year its money jumped
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$60.20	$1,436
FY2018	$68.08	$1,552
FY2019	$42.61	$1,654
FY2020	$70.64	$1,880
FY2021	$47.87	$1,810
FY2022	$126	$1,917
FY2023	$73.52	$2,079
FY2024	$69.45	$2,047
FY2025	$100	$2,165
FY2026	$81.34 (partial year)	$1,911

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2017	$2.82	$93.28
FY2018	$0.79	$105
FY2019	$15.00	$128
FY2020	$34.09	$145
FY2021	$4.08	$117
FY2022

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$321	$5,748
FY2022	$419	$5,221
FY2023	$638	$5,364
FY2024	$436	$5,501
FY2025	$369	$5,732
FY2026	$402

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$50.22	$298
FY2022	$186	$357
FY2023	$472	$301
FY2024	$323	$319
FY2025	$169	$360
FY2026

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$55.60	$239
FY2022	$67.49	$185
FY2023	$77.36	$229
FY2024	$96.23	$229
FY2025	$96.62	$249
FY2026	$81.15

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$77.33	$2,304
FY2022	$70.71	$2,197
FY2023	$75.73	$2,274
FY2024	$78.31	$2,267
FY2025	$76.77	$2,397
FY2026	$77.26

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
FY2021	$560	$1,186
FY2022	$154	$465
FY2023	$51.86	$76.52
FY2024	$256	$120
FY2025	$178	$148
FY2026	$1.20

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Jefferson County, Indiana
United States
Years with money loaded
Year its money jumped

Job growthpercent

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Job growth, Jefferson County, Indiana and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−1.5%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

Transportation grants · FY2023

$472 per resident in FY2023, against an earlier average of $118 (4× that).

Compared with 8 similar counties

Jefferson County, Indiana
Comparison counties (average)
Range of comparison counties

Job growth: change since 2022

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/18077

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Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Jefferson County, Indiana is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Erin HouchinR-IN-9 · 100% of residentsWith party 99%Missed 1.9%

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Jefferson County belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Madison, IN35Central county

Cities and towns in Jefferson County

Places whose residents live mostly in Jefferson County, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
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Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−3.8%	−4.2%
2015	−1.6%	−1.3%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+1.6%	+3.3%
2018	+4.9%	+6.8%
2019	+7.2%	+10.5%
2020	+12.9%	+19.4%
2021	+17.7%	+26.1%
2022	+24.9%	+30.6%
2023	+30.2%	+35.0%
2024	+32.9%	+41.0%
2025	+40.8%	+46.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−4.6%	−5.5%
2015	−0.4%	−1.9%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	+2.6%	+4.1%
2018	+7.3%	+8.9%
2019	+13.8%	+13.5%
2020	+23.9%	+20.8%
2021	+32.7%	+32.1%
2022	+38.4%	+35.4%
2023	+44.8%	+42.9%
2024	+50.7%	+49.5%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	0.9/1k	3.3/1k
2015	1.4/1k	3.7/1k
2016	1.0/1k	3.7/1k
2017	1.2/1k	3.9/1k
2018	1.5/1k	4.1/1k
2019	1.4/1k	4.2/1k
2020	1.5/1k	4.4/1k
2021	2.0/1k	5.2/1k
2022	2.1/1k	5.0/1k
2023	2.2/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.8/1k	4.3/1k
2025	2.0/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−10.8%	−6.9%
2015	−7.2%	−3.2%
2016	0.0%	0.0%
2017	−0.7%	+4.7%
2018	−1.0%	+7.5%
2019	+3.6%	+14.0%
2020	+7.9%	+16.9%
2021	+15.1%	+21.0%
2022	+24.6%	+29.7%
2023	+20.6%	+34.9%
2024	+36.7%	+41.6%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	16.2%	15.5%
2015	13.4%	14.7%
2016	13.4%	14.0%
2017	13.7%	13.4%
2018	15.5%	13.1%
2019	11.6%	12.3%
2020	12.7%	11.9%
2021	11.6%	12.8%
2022	11.9%	12.6%
2023	12.1%	12.5%
2024	14.2%	12.1%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	6.1%	6.2%
2015	4.8%	5.3%
2016	4.7%	4.9%
2017	3.8%	4.4%
2018	3.5%	3.9%
2019	3.4%	3.7%
2020	7.7%	8.1%
2021	3.5%	5.4%
2022	2.9%	3.7%
2023	3.2%	3.6%
2024	3.8%	4.0%
2025	3.7%	4.3%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	−12.9% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−4.9% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+9.3% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+14.7% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+22.3% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+33.4% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+50.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+66.9% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+77.5% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+89.3% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+99.9% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	14.0%	13.5%
2015	10.6%	10.9%
2016	9.5%	10.0%
2017	9.1%	10.2%
2018	8.6%	10.4%
2019	9.1%	10.8%
2020	9.0%	10.4%
2021	8.2%	10.2%
2022	7.4%	9.5%
2023	8.5%	9.5%
2024	9.2%	9.8%

Calendar years	Jefferson County, Indiana	United States
2014	5.7/1k	8.5/1k
2015	4.7/1k	8.7/1k
2016	4.8/1k	9.1/1k
2017	5.1/1k	9.8/1k
2018	5.5/1k	10.7/1k
2019	5.3/1k	10.6/1k
2020	6.2/1k	13.1/1k
2021	7.0/1k	16.2/1k
2022	8.4/1k	15.1/1k
2023	10.0/1k	16.2/1k
2024	9.2/1k	15.4/1k
2025	9.6/1k	16.6/1k

Year	Jefferson County, Indiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−7.3 points	−7.3 points	−8.3 points to −6.3 points
Year −2	+1.3 points	−0.9 points	−3.4 points to +1.3 points
Year −1	0.0 points	0.0 points	0.0 points to 0.0 points
Year 0	−1.4 points	−1.6 points	−4.8 points to +3.9 points
Year +1	−0.7 points	−2.2 points	−4.8 points to +0.3 points
Year +2	−2.5 points	−3.3 points	−7.7 points to −0.9 points

Year	Jefferson County, Indiana	Comparison counties (average)	Range of comparison counties
Year −3	−0.62 per 1,000 people	−0.08 per 1,000 people	−0.33 per 1,000 people to +0.38 per 1,000 people
Year −2	−0.16 per 1,000 people	+0.36 per 1,000 people	−0.35 per 1,000 people to +1.24 per 1,000 people
Year −1	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people	0.00 per 1,000 people to 0.00 per 1,000 people
Year 0	+0.05 per 1,000 people	+0.32 per 1,000 people	−0.63 per 1,000 people to +1.40 per 1,000 people
Year +1	−0.38 per 1,000 people	+0.47 per 1,000 people	−0.25 per 1,000 people to +2.21 per 1,000 people
Year +2	−0.09 per 1,000 people	+0.67 per 1,000 people	−0.57 per 1,000 people to +3.79 per 1,000 people

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What changed in five years

Improved8

Declined1

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How people get to work

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Compared with 8 similar counties

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Cities and towns in Jefferson County

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Data and sources

Improved8

Declined1

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Household income

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

House

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Money per resident

How outcomes moved

When its money jumped

Compared with 8 similar counties

Top programs

Top recipients (organizations)

Top agencies

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County aggregates

Top buying agencies

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

Top industries (NAICS)

Largest awards

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