Fayette County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,211 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 721 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 590 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 244 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,061 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 48 0.2%

• Under 18 6,761 23.4%
• 18–24 2,238 7.8%
• 25–44 7,195 24.9%
• 45–64 7,512 26.0%
• 65 and over 5,170 17.9%

Median household income

$68,224

90% interval $61,254–$75,194

−$4,035 vs OH · 48th of 88

Below poverty line

12.1%

90% interval 9.5%–14.7%

−0.5 pp vs OH · 44th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+0.01 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,701

Establishments

705

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,057 34.0%
• Education & health services 2,204 18.5%
• Manufacturing 2,134 17.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,269 10.6%
• Professional & business services 622 5.2%
• Construction 525 4.4%
• Public administration 387 3.2%
• Other services 294 2.5%
• Financial activities 242 2.0%
• Natural resources & mining 173 1.4%
• Information 36 0.3%
• Unclassified 4 0.0%

Home ownership

64.7%

−2.5 pp vs OH · 81st of 88

Median gross rent

$822

−$212 vs OH · 59th of 88

Owner-occupied

7,492

Renter-occupied

4,090

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 70% 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 (Construction, $89,283/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,506/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 9,706 77.2%
• Democratic 2,773 22.1%
• Other / third-party 92 0.7%

• German or other West Germanic 483 1.8%
• Spanish 418 1.5%
• Tagalog 94 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.1%
• Korean 15 0.1%

Households

11,582

Family households

7,203

62.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,916

26.6% of families

Single-mother families

586

8.1% of families

Veterans

1,381

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,908 34.2%
• Mainline Protestant 2,609 9.0%
• Catholic 872 3.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 219 0.8%
• Black Protestant 100 0.3%

Health insured

91.0%

±2.3 pp

Uninsured

9.0%

±2.3 pp

11th of 88

With a disability

16.6%

±1.7 pp

30th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

14.4%

±2.1 pp

−17.1 pp vs OH · 80th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.6%

90% interval 7.6%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Fayette County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (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

Washington Court House

Traffic fatalities

1

4.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

1