Ashtabula County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 84,278 86.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,843 5.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,625 3.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 421 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,639 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 44 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 33 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 284 0.3%

• Under 18 21,230 21.8%
• 18–24 7,425 7.6%
• 25–44 22,514 23.2%
• 45–64 26,304 27.1%
• 65 and over 19,694 20.3%

Median household income

$60,480

90% interval $56,444–$64,516

−$11,779 vs OH · 72nd of 88

Below poverty line

15.2%

90% interval 12.7%–17.7%

+2.6 pp vs OH · 12th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.4B

0.48% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,585

Establishments

2,254

• Education & health services 8,192 28.1%
• Manufacturing 6,756 23.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,609 15.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,432 11.8%
• Professional & business services 1,742 6.0%
• Construction 1,154 4.0%
• Public administration 1,097 3.8%
• Other services 900 3.1%
• Financial activities 790 2.7%
• Information 265 0.9%
• Natural resources & mining 168 0.6%

Home ownership

75.7%

+8.5 pp vs OH · 33rd of 88

Median gross rent

$828

−$206 vs OH · 56th of 88

Owner-occupied

29,689

Renter-occupied

9,556

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $68,917/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,085/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 27,656 63.8%
• Democratic 15,345 35.4%
• Other / third-party 367 0.8%

• German or other West Germanic 4,087 4.5%
• Spanish 2,274 2.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 113 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 104 0.1%
• Chinese 94 0.1%
• Tagalog 73 0.1%
• Korean 44 0.0%
• Arabic 42 0.0%

Households

39,245

Family households

24,681

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,454

22.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,674

10.8% of families

Veterans

6,339

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,706 15.1%
• Catholic 9,840 10.1%
• Mainline Protestant 9,228 9.5%
• Black Protestant 1,398 1.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 861 0.9%

Health insured

89.7%

±1.4 pp

Uninsured

10.3%

±1.4 pp

8th of 88

With a disability

17.2%

±1 pp

21st of 88

Bachelor's or higher

16.1%

±1 pp

−15.4 pp vs OH · 72nd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.9%

90% interval 9.8%–12.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Ashtabula County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

3 (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

Jefferson

Traffic fatalities

21

27.65 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

20