Brown County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 41,511 94.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 572 1.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 275 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 129 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,296 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 10 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 52 0.1%

• Under 18 9,983 22.8%
• 18–24 3,147 7.2%
• 25–44 10,328 23.6%
• 45–64 11,995 27.4%
• 65 and over 8,392 19.1%

Median household income

$68,663

90% interval $61,842–$75,484

−$3,596 vs OH · 45th of 88

Below poverty line

15.2%

90% interval 12.6%–17.8%

+2.6 pp vs OH · 13th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.31 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$45,542

Establishments

784

• Education & health services 2,787 34.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,503 18.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,098 13.7%
• Manufacturing 737 9.2%
• Public administration 543 6.8%
• Professional & business services 390 4.9%
• Construction 308 3.8%
• Other services 267 3.3%
• Financial activities 260 3.2%
• Information 79 1.0%
• Natural resources & mining 54 0.7%

Home ownership

77.2%

+10.0 pp vs OH · 26th of 88

Median gross rent

$817

−$217 vs OH · 60th of 88

Owner-occupied

13,227

Renter-occupied

3,911

• 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 (Natural resources & mining, $72,215/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,340/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 17,257 80.5%
• Democratic 4,069 19.0%
• Other / third-party 116 0.5%

• Spanish 181 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 181 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 33 0.1%

Households

17,138

Family households

11,803

68.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,642

22.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,068

9.0% of families

Veterans

2,480

7.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,438 19.3%
• Catholic 2,277 5.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,534 3.5%
• Black Protestant 256 0.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 213 0.5%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.3 pp

37th of 88

With a disability

17.9%

±1.5 pp

16th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

15.7%

±1.7 pp

−15.8 pp vs OH · 75th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.8%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Brown County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (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

Georgetown

Traffic fatalities

3

8.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3