Defiance County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 32,495 84.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,270 11.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 619 1.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 89 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 794 2.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 27 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%

• Under 18 8,626 22.5%
• 18–24 3,316 8.6%
• 25–44 9,372 24.4%
• 45–64 9,288 24.2%
• 65 and over 7,741 20.2%

Median household income

$71,913

90% interval $65,141–$78,685

−$346 vs OH · 38th of 88

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 6.9%–10.9%

−3.7 pp vs OH · 71st of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

0.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,090

Establishments

940

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,905 25.3%
• Education & health services 3,404 22.0%
• Manufacturing 3,035 19.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,740 11.3%
• Professional & business services 663 4.3%
• Other services 611 4.0%
• Financial activities 574 3.7%
• Public administration 531 3.4%
• Information 37 0.2%
• Construction 27 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 94.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.3%

+12.1 pp vs OH · 15th of 88

Median gross rent

$846

−$188 vs OH · 52nd of 88

Owner-occupied

12,152

Renter-occupied

3,175

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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, $83,525/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,266/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 13,302 69.5%
• Democratic 5,667 29.6%
• Other / third-party 184 1.0%

• Spanish 1,231 3.4%
• German or other West Germanic 560 1.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 31 0.1%
• Tagalog 22 0.1%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

15,327

Family households

10,343

67.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,612

25.3% of families

Single-mother families

637

6.2% of families

Veterans

1,747

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 20,415 53.3%
• Catholic 6,044 15.8%
• Mainline Protestant 4,694 12.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 215 0.6%
• Black Protestant 100 0.3%

Health insured

91.6%

±2.8 pp

Uninsured

8.4%

±2.8 pp

15th of 88

With a disability

14.5%

±1.3 pp

56th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

19.0%

±1.7 pp

−12.5 pp vs OH · 53rd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.0%

90% interval 7.1%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Defiance 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

Defiance

Traffic fatalities

6

20.19 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6