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Jury Pool Profile

Coshocton County, Ohio

Republican +52.2 (2024)
County seat
Coshocton
Judicial district
Coshocton County Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
37,188
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 36,744.

At a glance

Coshocton County is a 37,188-person venue. The county population is 95% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $61,297, $10,962 below the OH state median of $72,259; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 9.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 29.1% of covered employment, average pay $78,241/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.28%, above the 4.05% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 76% of the vote across the three.

Population
36,744
Median household income
$55,577
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 95% / 1%.

Coshocton County has a population of 36,744, with a median age of 41.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 94.7%; Black residents 0.5%. Independently, 1.3% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $61,297; 16.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.6% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 34,634 94.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 478 1.3%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 202 0.5%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 177 0.5%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,110 3.0%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 29 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 114 0.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

  • Under 18 8,748 23.8%
  • 18–24 2,704 7.4%
  • 25–44 8,538 23.2%
  • 45–64 9,376 25.5%
  • 65 and over 7,378 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$61,297
90% interval $56,711–$65,883
−$10,962 vs OH · 71st of 88
Below poverty line
11.6%
90% interval 9.2%–14.0%
−1.0 pp vs OH · 50th of 88

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by manufacturing and healthcare & education

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, 2,840 jobs; Education & health services, 2,373, is within 20% of it.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 29.1% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 24.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.28%, above the Ohio state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.7B
0.18% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,303
Establishments
754

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 2,840 29.1%
  • Education & health services 2,373 24.4%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 1,855 19.0%
  • Leisure & hospitality 809 8.3%
  • Professional & business services 429 4.4%
  • Construction 379 3.9%
  • Public administration 337 3.5%
  • Other services 261 2.7%
  • Financial activities 227 2.3%
  • Natural resources & mining 136 1.4%
  • Information 99 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
72.9%
+5.7 pp vs OH · 55th of 88
Median gross rent
$765
−$269 vs OH · 80th of 88
Owner-occupied
10,780
Renter-occupied
4,006

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 73% 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.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $78,241/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,453/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 73%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Coshocton County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 75.7% in 2024, 73.6% in 2020, 69.4% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,333 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201669.4%26.1%
202073.6%24.6%
202475.7%23.5%
  • Republican 12,362 75.7%
  • Democratic 3,835 23.5%
  • Other / third-party 136 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 64% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 9.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

9.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Chinese. Veterans account for 6.7% of the adult civilian population (1,864 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

90.5% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 2,878 8.4%
  • Spanish 173 0.5%
  • Chinese 95 0.3%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 62 0.2%
  • Korean 18 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
14,786
Family households
9,475
64.1% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,297
24.2% of families
Single-mother families
1,181
12.5% of families
Veterans
1,864
6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

42.5% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 8,456 23.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 5,260 14.4%
  • Catholic 1,247 3.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 489 1.3%
  • Black Protestant 98 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
87.9%
±2.1 pp
Uninsured
12.1%
±2.1 pp
4th of 88
With a disability
16.1%
±1.4 pp
36th of 88
Bachelor's or higher
16.7%
±1.7 pp
−14.8 pp vs OH · 66th of 88
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
11.3%
90% interval 10.1%–12.5% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Coshocton 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
Coshocton
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Coshocton totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 6 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
6
21.43 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
6

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Coshocton County, Ohio to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

Data sources