Jury Pool Profile

Fairfield County, Ohio

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 161,289
Median household income: $87,069
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 133,267 82.6%
Black or African American alone 14,324 8.9%
Asian alone 4,173 2.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 237 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 147 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,979 1.2%
Two or more races 7,162 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,294 2.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.5

Under 18 38,598 23.9%
18–24 13,044 8.1%
25–44 40,996 25.4%
45–64 42,204 26.2%
65 and over 26,447 16.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.8B; 0.74% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,628
Establishments: 3,510

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,572 28.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 9,419 19.9%
Leisure & hospitality 6,989 14.8%
Professional & business services 4,536 9.6%
Manufacturing 4,446 9.4%
Construction 3,416 7.2%
Other services 1,659 3.5%
Public administration 1,650 3.5%
Financial activities 1,162 2.5%
Information 372 0.8%
Natural resources & mining 68 0.1%
Unclassified 4 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.2%
Median gross rent: $1,114
Owner-occupied: 44,519
Renter-occupied: 15,460

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 84,431 votes cast

Republican 51,999 61.6%
Democratic 31,695 37.5%
Other / third-party 737 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,056 1.4%
Other Indo-European 2,051 1.3%
Other 926 0.6%
Slavic languages 666 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 515 0.3%
Chinese 389 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 300 0.2%
German 227 0.1%
Arabic 131 0.1%
Tagalog 113 0.1%
Vietnamese 68 0.0%
Korean 43 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 59,979
Family households: 43,253; 72.1% of households
Married w/ children: 33,336
Single-mother households: 3,482
Veterans: 9,056; 7.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 28,303 17.8%
Catholic 21,639 13.6%
Mainline Protestant 13,970 8.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,137 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 31.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Fairfield County Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 4 (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: Lancaster

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 15; 12.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023