Guernsey County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 35,670 93.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 519 1.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 721 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 132 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,043 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 129 0.3%

• Under 18 8,455 22.1%
• 18–24 2,809 7.3%
• 25–44 9,135 23.9%
• 45–64 10,160 26.6%
• 65 and over 7,664 20.1%

Median household income

$62,931

90% interval $57,434–$68,428

−$9,328 vs OH · 68th of 88

Below poverty line

13.8%

90% interval 10.9%–16.7%

+1.2 pp vs OH · 28th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.69 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.7B

0.4% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,465

Establishments

982

• Education & health services 4,230 28.7%
• Manufacturing 2,751 18.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,720 18.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,747 11.8%
• Professional & business services 698 4.7%
• Public administration 694 4.7%
• Natural resources & mining 600 4.1%
• Construction 536 3.6%
• Other services 357 2.4%
• Financial activities 339 2.3%
• Information 76 0.5%

Home ownership

72.1%

+4.9 pp vs OH · 59th of 88

Median gross rent

$864

−$170 vs OH · 42nd of 88

Owner-occupied

11,766

Renter-occupied

4,552

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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 (Natural resources & mining, $100,819/yr) pays 4.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,970/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 13,314 75.7%
• Democratic 4,154 23.6%
• Other / third-party 126 0.7%

• German or other West Germanic 1,444 4.0%
• Spanish 233 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 50 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 21 0.1%
• Vietnamese 13 0.0%
• Arabic 10 0.0%
• Chinese 3 0.0%

Households

16,318

Family households

10,191

62.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,400

23.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,058

10.4% of families

Veterans

2,294

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 5,551 14.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,500 14.3%
• Catholic 1,736 4.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 621 1.6%
• Black Protestant 260 0.7%
• Orthodox 80 0.2%

Health insured

88.1%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

11.9%

±2.6 pp

5th of 88

With a disability

17.0%

±1.2 pp

26th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

15.6%

±1.7 pp

−15.9 pp vs OH · 77th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

10.5%

90% interval 9.4%–11.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Guernsey 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

Cambridge

Traffic fatalities

11

36.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9