Clark County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 110,444 81.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,733 4.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 10,798 8.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 798 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,915 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 61 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 96 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 313 0.2%

• Under 18 30,519 22.6%
• 18–24 10,926 8.1%
• 25–44 31,694 23.4%
• 45–64 34,614 25.6%
• 65 and over 27,405 20.3%

Median household income

$65,529

90% interval $60,043–$71,015

−$6,730 vs OH · 57th of 88

Below poverty line

14.1%

90% interval 12.1%–16.1%

+1.5 pp vs OH · 25th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.1B

0.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,261

Establishments

2,566

• Education & health services 11,510 25.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,351 20.5%
• Manufacturing 6,345 13.9%
• Professional & business services 5,582 12.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,263 11.5%
• Financial activities 2,105 4.6%
• Public administration 1,999 4.4%
• Information 137 0.3%
• Construction 73 0.2%
• Other services 10 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 93.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.4%

+2.2 pp vs OH · 70th of 88

Median gross rent

$872

−$162 vs OH · 40th of 88

Owner-occupied

38,844

Renter-occupied

17,131

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $67,810/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,141/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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 40,403 64.3%
• Democratic 21,847 34.8%
• Other / third-party 585 0.9%

• Spanish 2,815 2.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,174 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 346 0.3%
• Arabic 142 0.1%
• Tagalog 95 0.1%
• Chinese 93 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 50 0.0%
• Vietnamese 22 0.0%
• Korean 16 0.0%

Households

55,975

Family households

35,134

62.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

8,027

22.8% of families

Single-mother families

4,521

12.9% of families

Veterans

9,204

8.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 22,889 16.8%
• Mainline Protestant 9,562 7.0%
• Catholic 7,562 5.6%
• Black Protestant 3,774 2.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,178 1.6%
• Orthodox 120 0.1%

Health insured

93.4%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±0.7 pp

32nd of 88

With a disability

17.0%

±0.8 pp

25th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

20.2%

±0.9 pp

−11.3 pp vs OH · 43rd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.5%

90% interval 7.7%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Clark County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

4 (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

Springfield

Traffic fatalities

18

17.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17