Jury Pool Profile

Ashtabula County, Ohio

Republican +28 (2024)

Population: 97,343
Median household income: $55,507
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 87,215 89.6%
Black or African American alone 3,708 3.8%
Asian alone 358 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 46 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 40 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,155 1.2%
Two or more races 4,821 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,673 4.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.7

Under 18 21,359 21.9%
18–24 7,384 7.6%
25–44 22,783 23.4%
45–64 26,476 27.2%
65 and over 19,341 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.4B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,141
Establishments: 2,250

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 8,104 27.6%
Manufacturing 7,009 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,660 15.8%
Leisure & hospitality 3,406 11.6%
Professional & business services 1,841 6.3%
Construction 1,158 3.9%
Public administration 1,076 3.7%
Other services 898 3.1%
Financial activities 790 2.7%
Information 282 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 182 0.6%
Unclassified 1 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.9%
Median gross rent: $816
Owner-occupied: 28,788
Renter-occupied: 10,171

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 43,368 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

German 3,469 3.8%
Spanish 1,963 2.1%
Other 163 0.2%
Other Indo-European 121 0.1%
Chinese 96 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 93 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 86 0.1%
Slavic languages 78 0.1%
Tagalog 67 0.1%
Korean 58 0.1%
Arabic 40 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 38,959
Family households: 24,652; 63.3% of households
Married w/ children: 17,399
Single-mother households: 2,681
Veterans: 7,000; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.5%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 19; 25.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023