Franklin County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 773,111 58.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 99,547 7.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 308,232 23.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 74,014 5.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 69,588 5.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 740 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 446 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 7,370 0.6%

• Under 18 310,110 23.3%
• 18–24 126,498 9.5%
• 25–44 424,404 31.8%
• 45–64 298,357 22.4%
• 65 and over 173,679 13.0%

Median household income

$76,578

90% interval $74,917–$78,239

+$4,319 vs OH · 24th of 88

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 13.0%–14.8%

+1.3 pp vs OH · 26th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$142.0B

15.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$75,913

Establishments

40,012

• Education & health services 216,056 27.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 152,913 19.3%
• Professional & business services 129,738 16.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 77,808 9.8%
• Financial activities 58,603 7.4%
• Public administration 41,719 5.3%
• Construction 39,154 4.9%
• Manufacturing 36,733 4.6%
• Other services 23,260 2.9%
• Information 15,162 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 645 0.1%
• Unclassified 15 0.0%

Home ownership

52.8%

−14.4 pp vs OH · 88th of 88

Median gross rent

$1,302

+$268 vs OH · 3rd of 88

Owner-occupied

292,123

Renter-occupied

260,976

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $111,096/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $31,122/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 20 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 380,518 63.7%
• Republican 210,830 35.3%
• Other / third-party 6,182 1.0%

• Spanish 64,592 5.2%
• Arabic 12,857 1.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 12,113 1.0%
• Chinese 10,617 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5,664 0.5%
• Korean 2,517 0.2%
• Vietnamese 2,285 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 2,183 0.2%
• Tagalog 2,177 0.2%

Households

553,099

Family households

314,993

57.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

89,170

28.3% of families

Single-mother families

42,398

13.5% of families

Veterans

52,088

5.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 274,963 20.8%
• Catholic 151,945 11.5%
• Mainline Protestant 85,303 6.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 81,567 6.2%
• Black Protestant 30,204 2.3%
• Orthodox 10,370 0.8%

Health insured

91.2%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

8.8%

±0.3 pp

12th of 88

With a disability

11.9%

±0.3 pp

81st of 88

Bachelor's or higher

42.1%

±0.6 pp

+10.6 pp vs OH · 3rd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.1%

90% interval 9.5%–10.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Franklin County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

17 (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

Columbus

Traffic fatalities

89

8.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

83