Gallia County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,915 92.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 308 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 576 2.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 237 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 716 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 34 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 281 1.0%

• Under 18 6,857 23.6%
• 18–24 2,368 8.1%
• 25–44 6,685 23.0%
• 45–64 7,368 25.3%
• 65 and over 5,790 19.9%

Median household income

$54,723

90% interval $49,318–$60,128

−$17,536 vs OH · 87th of 88

Below poverty line

20.1%

90% interval 16.9%–23.3%

+7.5 pp vs OH · 2nd of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.4%

+0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,312

Establishments

772

• Education & health services 4,925 43.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,457 21.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,041 9.2%
• Professional & business services 793 7.0%
• Construction 604 5.3%
• Financial activities 373 3.3%
• Public administration 333 2.9%
• Information 21 0.2%
• Unclassified 2 0.0%
• Other services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 93.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.7%

+7.5 pp vs OH · 39th of 88

Median gross rent

$813

−$221 vs OH · 62nd of 88

Owner-occupied

8,672

Renter-occupied

2,942

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 74% 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 (Financial activities, $90,407/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,685/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 10,314 79.3%
• Democratic 2,592 19.9%
• Other / third-party 94 0.7%

• German or other West Germanic 396 1.5%
• Spanish 158 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 73 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 64 0.2%
• Chinese 14 0.1%
• Tagalog 14 0.1%

Households

11,614

Family households

7,866

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,077

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

690

8.8% of families

Veterans

1,476

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,777 19.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,696 5.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 651 2.2%
• Catholic 458 1.6%
• Black Protestant 300 1.0%

Health insured

91.3%

±1.9 pp

Uninsured

8.7%

±1.9 pp

13th of 88

With a disability

20.2%

±2 pp

9th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

20.5%

±2.4 pp

−11.0 pp vs OH · 41st of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.5%

90% interval 7.5%–9.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Gallia 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

Gallipolis

Traffic fatalities

2

9 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2