Fulton County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 36,817 87.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,938 9.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 141 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 120 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,064 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 5 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 138 0.3%

• Under 18 9,750 23.1%
• 18–24 3,303 7.8%
• 25–44 9,917 23.5%
• 45–64 11,061 26.2%
• 65 and over 8,209 19.4%

Median household income

$75,421

90% interval $67,698–$83,144

+$3,162 vs OH · 26th of 88

Below poverty line

8.3%

90% interval 6.5%–10.1%

−4.3 pp vs OH · 76th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.6B

0.28% of state

Avg. annual pay

$58,616

Establishments

1,124

• Manufacturing 5,334 29.9%
• Education & health services 3,734 20.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,401 19.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,343 7.5%
• Professional & business services 1,186 6.6%
• Construction 905 5.1%
• Public administration 708 4.0%
• Financial activities 392 2.2%
• Other services 389 2.2%
• Natural resources & mining 356 2.0%
• Information 108 0.6%

Home ownership

80.2%

+13.0 pp vs OH · 9th of 88

Median gross rent

$863

−$171 vs OH · 45th of 88

Owner-occupied

13,616

Renter-occupied

3,370

• 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, $101,132/yr) pays 5.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,220/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 15,893 70.8%
• Democratic 6,374 28.4%
• Other / third-party 185 0.8%

• Spanish 1,167 2.9%
• German or other West Germanic 140 0.4%
• Tagalog 46 0.1%
• Arabic 21 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

16,986

Family households

11,722

69.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,407

29.1% of families

Single-mother families

893

7.6% of families

Veterans

2,151

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,307 26.5%
• Catholic 6,148 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 4,763 11.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 471 1.1%
• Black Protestant 150 0.4%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.2 pp

67th of 88

With a disability

14.8%

±1.6 pp

53rd of 88

Bachelor's or higher

20.2%

±1.7 pp

−11.3 pp vs OH · 44th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.2%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Fulton County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Wauseon

Traffic fatalities

13

40.01 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12