Jury Pool Profile

Erie County, Ohio

Republican +14 (2024)

Population: 74,938
Median household income: $68,431
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,587 82.2%
Black or African American alone 6,334 8.5%
Asian alone 513 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 93 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,031 1.4%
Two or more races 5,366 7.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,299 4.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.2

Under 18 14,981 20.0%
18–24 5,658 7.6%
25–44 16,688 22.3%
45–64 20,346 27.2%
65 and over 17,265 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +1.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.4B; 0.58% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,985
Establishments: 2,074

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 9,223 25.4%
Education & health services 7,804 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,964 19.2%
Manufacturing 5,445 15.0%
Professional & business services 1,561 4.3%
Public administration 1,415 3.9%
Construction 1,111 3.1%
Financial activities 1,012 2.8%
Other services 798 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 585 1.6%
Information 366 1.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.1%
Median gross rent: $882
Owner-occupied: 22,838
Renter-occupied: 9,284

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 39,737 votes cast

Republican 22,493 56.6%
Democratic 16,871 42.5%
Other / third-party 373 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,119 1.6%
Other Indo-European 369 0.5%
German 249 0.3%
Vietnamese 136 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 129 0.2%
Other 121 0.2%
Slavic languages 117 0.2%
Korean 115 0.2%
Chinese 83 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 63 0.1%
Arabic 33 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 32,122
Family households: 20,368; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 14,458
Single-mother households: 2,432
Veterans: 4,545; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

56.1% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 15.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 20.01 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023