Jury Pool Profile

Franklin County, Ohio

Democratic +28 (2024)

Population: 1,321,635
Median household income: $73,795
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 799,189 60.5%
Black or African American alone 304,406 23.0%
Asian alone 71,315 5.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 3,108 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 487 0.0%
Some other race alone 40,025 3.0%
Two or more races 103,105 7.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 93,630 7.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.7

Under 18 308,924 23.4%
18–24 125,386 9.5%
25–44 419,645 31.8%
45–64 299,694 22.7%
65 and over 167,986 12.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $142.0B; 15.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $73,180
Establishments: 40,020

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 209,194 26.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 153,333 19.7%
Professional & business services 128,457 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 77,028 9.9%
Financial activities 57,725 7.4%
Public administration 41,488 5.3%
Manufacturing 36,607 4.7%
Construction 36,127 4.6%
Other services 23,564 3.0%
Information 15,413 2.0%
Natural resources & mining 580 0.1%
Unclassified 47 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 53.0%
Median gross rent: $1,233
Owner-occupied: 290,219
Renter-occupied: 257,703

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 597,530 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 59,884 4.9%
Other 46,339 3.8%
Other Indo-European 28,539 2.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 13,727 1.1%
Arabic 11,241 0.9%
Chinese 11,105 0.9%
French (incl. Cajun) 10,051 0.8%
Slavic languages 5,825 0.5%
Korean 2,607 0.2%
Tagalog 2,343 0.2%
Vietnamese 2,263 0.2%
German 2,242 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 547,922
Family households: 312,682; 57.1% of households
Married w/ children: 210,814
Single-mother households: 42,487
Veterans: 54,788; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.9% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.6%
With a disability: 11.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 42.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 129; 12.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 118

NHTSA FARS 2023