Athens County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 54,699 88.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,422 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,349 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,257 2.0%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,866 4.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 120 0.2%

• Under 18 9,152 14.8%
• 18–24 16,184 26.2%
• 25–44 13,799 22.4%
• 45–64 13,300 21.5%
• 65 and over 9,302 15.1%

Median household income

$54,806

90% interval $50,323–$59,289

−$17,453 vs OH · 86th of 88

Below poverty line

25.3%

90% interval 22.1%–28.5%

+12.7 pp vs OH · 1st of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.61 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.7B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,985

Establishments

1,375

• Education & health services 10,174 47.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,439 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,932 13.7%
• Professional & business services 1,207 5.6%
• Public administration 921 4.3%
• Financial activities 726 3.4%
• Construction 674 3.1%
• Manufacturing 631 2.9%
• Other services 440 2.1%
• Information 242 1.1%
• Natural resources & mining 50 0.2%

Home ownership

60.4%

−6.8 pp vs OH · 85th of 88

Median gross rent

$939

−$95 vs OH · 25th of 88

Owner-occupied

13,899

Renter-occupied

9,115

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 77% 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 (Public administration, $71,288/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,952/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 14,134 54.9%
• Republican 11,369 44.2%
• Other / third-party 223 0.9%

• German or other West Germanic 554 0.9%
• Spanish 482 0.8%
• Arabic 286 0.5%
• Chinese 268 0.5%
• Vietnamese 250 0.4%
• Tagalog 228 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 226 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 193 0.3%

Households

23,014

Family households

11,863

51.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,100

26.1% of families

Single-mother families

588

5.0% of families

Veterans

3,075

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,798 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,463 5.5%
• Catholic 1,555 2.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,155 1.9%
• Orthodox 23 0.0%

Health insured

94.3%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±0.8 pp

50th of 88

With a disability

17.9%

±1.3 pp

15th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

34.9%

±2.3 pp

+3.4 pp vs OH · 12th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 7.9%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Athens County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Athens

Traffic fatalities

5

9.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3