Erie County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 59,349 79.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,410 4.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 6,144 8.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 646 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,833 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 46 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,142 1.5%

• Under 18 14,492 19.4%
• 18–24 6,067 8.1%
• 25–44 16,525 22.2%
• 45–64 19,814 26.6%
• 65 and over 17,683 23.7%

Median household income

$72,400

90% interval $66,306–$78,494

+$141 vs OH · 32nd of 88

Below poverty line

13.1%

90% interval 11.1%–15.1%

+0.5 pp vs OH · 39th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.41 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.4B

0.58% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,123

Establishments

2,077

• Leisure & hospitality 9,090 25.0%
• Education & health services 7,904 21.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,137 19.6%
• Manufacturing 5,398 14.8%
• Professional & business services 1,585 4.4%
• Public administration 1,385 3.8%
• Financial activities 970 2.7%
• Information 86 0.2%
• Construction 44 0.1%
• Other services 8 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.9%

+4.7 pp vs OH · 60th of 88

Median gross rent

$933

−$101 vs OH · 28th of 88

Owner-occupied

23,352

Renter-occupied

9,130

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Financial activities, $89,309/yr) pays 3.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,810/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 22,493 56.6%
• Democratic 16,871 42.5%
• Other / third-party 373 0.9%

• Spanish 1,284 1.8%
• German or other West Germanic 203 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 147 0.2%
• Korean 83 0.1%
• Vietnamese 72 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 67 0.1%
• Tagalog 67 0.1%
• Arabic 31 0.0%
• Chinese 30 0.0%

Households

32,482

Family households

20,435

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,309

21.1% of families

Single-mother families

2,418

11.8% of families

Veterans

4,548

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 18,581 24.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 12,514 16.5%
• Mainline Protestant 8,111 10.7%
• Black Protestant 1,794 2.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,451 1.9%

Health insured

94.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±0.7 pp

63rd of 88

With a disability

15.8%

±1.2 pp

41st of 88

Bachelor's or higher

29.0%

±2 pp

−2.5 pp vs OH · 23rd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.3%

90% interval 6.5%–8.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Erie County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

3 (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

Sandusky

Traffic fatalities

10

16.64 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10