Darke County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 48,816 94.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 966 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 293 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 281 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,161 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 77 0.1%

• Under 18 12,200 23.6%
• 18–24 3,934 7.6%
• 25–44 11,641 22.6%
• 45–64 13,255 25.7%
• 65 and over 10,564 20.5%

Median household income

$70,987

90% interval $64,407–$77,567

−$1,272 vs OH · 39th of 88

Below poverty line

11.6%

90% interval 9.9%–13.3%

−1.0 pp vs OH · 51st of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.4B

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,344

Establishments

1,324

• Education & health services 4,049 22.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,989 21.8%
• Manufacturing 3,883 21.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,552 8.5%
• Professional & business services 1,161 6.3%
• Construction 970 5.3%
• Natural resources & mining 797 4.4%
• Financial activities 660 3.6%
• Other services 593 3.2%
• Public administration 581 3.2%
• Information 79 0.4%

Home ownership

72.4%

+5.2 pp vs OH · 57th of 88

Median gross rent

$779

−$255 vs OH · 77th of 88

Owner-occupied

15,413

Renter-occupied

5,884

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Construction, $67,400/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,925/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 22,234 82.3%
• Democratic 4,583 17.0%
• Other / third-party 183 0.7%

• Spanish 335 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 202 0.4%
• Tagalog 69 0.1%
• Korean 27 0.1%
• Arabic 27 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 10 0.0%

Households

21,297

Family households

13,897

65.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,059

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

987

7.1% of families

Veterans

2,038

5.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,351 21.9%
• Catholic 6,395 12.3%
• Mainline Protestant 4,167 8.0%
• Black Protestant 1,000 1.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 857 1.7%

Health insured

92.8%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

7.2%

±1.1 pp

27th of 88

With a disability

14.3%

±1.1 pp

58th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±1.3 pp

−15.0 pp vs OH · 68th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.7%

90% interval 7.8%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Darke County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Greenville

Traffic fatalities

4

10.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4