Allen County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 80,069 79.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,682 3.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,703 9.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 942 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,314 6.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 265 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 363 0.4%

• Under 18 23,836 23.5%
• 18–24 9,207 9.1%
• 25–44 24,370 24.0%
• 45–64 24,560 24.2%
• 65 and over 19,375 19.1%

Median household income

$67,677

90% interval $64,897–$70,457

−$4,582 vs OH · 49th of 88

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 12.6%–17.0%

+2.2 pp vs OH · 18th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.2B

1.21% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,415

Establishments

2,585

• Education & health services 13,931 27.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,115 18.2%
• Manufacturing 9,029 18.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,357 10.7%
• Professional & business services 5,101 10.2%
• Public administration 1,990 4.0%
• Other services 1,636 3.3%
• Financial activities 1,197 2.4%
• Construction 74 0.1%
• Information 51 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.7%

+0.5 pp vs OH · 78th of 88

Median gross rent

$922

−$112 vs OH · 30th of 88

Owner-occupied

27,952

Renter-occupied

13,343

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $93,353/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,598/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 33,201 71.6%
• Democratic 12,754 27.5%
• Other / third-party 406 0.9%

• Spanish 1,523 1.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 190 0.2%
• Chinese 185 0.2%
• Tagalog 183 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 128 0.1%
• Arabic 81 0.1%
• Korean 59 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 49 0.1%
• Vietnamese 10 0.0%

Households

41,295

Family households

25,272

61.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,149

24.3% of families

Single-mother families

3,224

12.8% of families

Veterans

5,577

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 25,503 25.0%
• Catholic 14,732 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 10,761 10.5%
• Black Protestant 5,365 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,285 2.2%
• Orthodox 50 0.0%

Health insured

94.1%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±0.8 pp

45th of 88

With a disability

16.2%

±0.8 pp

34th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

20.1%

±1.1 pp

−11.4 pp vs OH · 45th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.3%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Allen County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

4 (Court of Common Pleas General Division judges only; vintage 2026 supremecourt.ohio.gov roster. Domestic Relations / Juvenile / Probate Division judges separately allocated in urban counties and not counted (those divisions don't hear general civil jury trials). Small rural counties typically have 1-2 General Division judges who concurrently handle Domestic Relations and Juvenile dockets.)

Court seats

Lima

Traffic fatalities

10

12.9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9