Butler County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 293,022 74.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,328 7.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 32,433 8.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 16,962 4.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 20,778 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 150 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 400 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,803 0.5%

• Under 18 91,772 23.4%
• 18–24 47,120 12.0%
• 25–44 95,650 24.3%
• 45–64 95,996 24.4%
• 65 and over 62,338 15.9%

Median household income

$80,560

90% interval $78,198–$82,922

+$8,301 vs OH · 18th of 88

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 11.7%–14.3%

+0.4 pp vs OH · 40th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−0.18 pp vs. state

County GDP

$29.8B

3.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$67,229

Establishments

9,290

• Trade, transportation & utilities 40,366 24.7%
• Education & health services 34,041 20.8%
• Manufacturing 25,364 15.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 19,594 12.0%
• Professional & business services 15,004 9.2%
• Financial activities 10,506 6.4%
• Construction 9,410 5.8%
• Other services 4,339 2.7%
• Public administration 3,602 2.2%
• Information 950 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 458 0.3%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

Home ownership

69.9%

+2.7 pp vs OH · 68th of 88

Median gross rent

$1,135

+$101 vs OH · 7th of 88

Owner-occupied

102,675

Renter-occupied

44,147

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Financial activities, $104,298/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,110/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 114,831 62.7%
• Democratic 66,713 36.4%
• Other / third-party 1,598 0.9%

• Spanish 16,584 4.5%
• Chinese 3,283 0.9%
• Arabic 1,701 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,396 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 1,377 0.4%
• Vietnamese 1,231 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 886 0.2%
• Tagalog 840 0.2%
• Korean 619 0.2%

Households

146,822

Family households

97,319

66.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

29,455

30.3% of families

Single-mother families

8,674

8.9% of families

Veterans

17,746

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 92,555 23.7%
• Catholic 42,878 11.0%
• Mainline Protestant 13,848 3.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 11,660 3.0%
• Black Protestant 4,913 1.3%
• Orthodox 75 0.0%

Health insured

93.8%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

6.2%

±0.5 pp

40th of 88

With a disability

12.5%

±0.5 pp

77th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

32.8%

±0.9 pp

+1.3 pp vs OH · 13th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 7.2%–8.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Butler County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

7 (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

Hamilton

Traffic fatalities

35

11.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

32