Champaign County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 35,596 91.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 708 1.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 637 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 187 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,398 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 72 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 206 0.5%

• Under 18 8,562 22.1%
• 18–24 2,798 7.2%
• 25–44 9,331 24.0%
• 45–64 10,618 27.4%
• 65 and over 7,495 19.3%

Median household income

$73,034

90% interval $66,651–$79,417

+$775 vs OH · 30th of 88

Below poverty line

8.2%

90% interval 6.1%–10.3%

−4.4 pp vs OH · 77th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

−0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,543

Establishments

748

• Manufacturing 4,151 36.5%
• Education & health services 2,220 19.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,511 13.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 904 8.0%
• Professional & business services 716 6.3%
• Other services 479 4.2%
• Public administration 402 3.5%
• Natural resources & mining 402 3.5%
• Construction 281 2.5%
• Financial activities 231 2.0%
• Information 66 0.6%

Home ownership

76.8%

+9.6 pp vs OH · 27th of 88

Median gross rent

$905

−$129 vs OH · 37th of 88

Owner-occupied

12,017

Renter-occupied

3,629

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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 (Manufacturing, $70,033/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,109/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 15,334 74.9%
• Democratic 4,944 24.2%
• Other / third-party 190 0.9%

• Spanish 255 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 50 0.1%
• Tagalog 41 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 30 0.1%
• Chinese 20 0.1%
• Arabic 17 0.0%
• Korean 11 0.0%
• Vietnamese 5 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%

Households

15,646

Family households

10,641

68.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,052

28.7% of families

Single-mother families

811

7.6% of families

Veterans

2,505

8.3% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,517 14.3%
• Mainline Protestant 3,885 10.0%
• Catholic 997 2.6%
• Black Protestant 602 1.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 301 0.8%
• Orthodox 10 0.0%

Health insured

94.9%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±0.9 pp

66th of 88

With a disability

14.1%

±1.3 pp

63rd of 88

Bachelor's or higher

19.0%

±1.7 pp

−12.5 pp vs OH · 52nd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.2%

90% interval 6.4%–8.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Champaign 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

Urbana

Traffic fatalities

7

23.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6