Hardin County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 28,236 92.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 732 2.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 385 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 228 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 775 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 35 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 23 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 61 0.2%

• Under 18 6,967 22.9%
• 18–24 4,936 16.2%
• 25–44 6,489 21.3%
• 45–64 7,164 23.5%
• 65 and over 4,919 16.1%

Median household income

$68,612

90% interval $63,692–$73,532

−$3,647 vs OH · 46th of 88

Below poverty line

14.3%

90% interval 11.4%–17.2%

+1.7 pp vs OH · 23rd of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+0.26 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.15% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,079

Establishments

568

• Education & health services 2,039 26.7%
• Manufacturing 1,740 22.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,322 17.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 881 11.5%
• Public administration 386 5.1%
• Natural resources & mining 338 4.4%
• Financial activities 258 3.4%
• Professional & business services 207 2.7%
• Other services 202 2.6%
• Construction 180 2.4%
• Information 79 1.0%

Home ownership

74.7%

+7.5 pp vs OH · 40th of 88

Median gross rent

$793

−$241 vs OH · 70th of 88

Owner-occupied

8,756

Renter-occupied

2,968

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $71,887/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,048/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 9,911 76.9%
• Democratic 2,863 22.2%
• Other / third-party 119 0.9%

• German or other West Germanic 874 3.0%
• Spanish 303 1.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 84 0.3%
• Chinese 50 0.2%
• Tagalog 24 0.1%
• Korean 15 0.1%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%

Households

11,724

Family households

7,624

65.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,134

28.0% of families

Single-mother families

521

6.8% of families

Veterans

1,540

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 4,204 13.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,665 11.9%
• Catholic 1,022 3.3%
• Black Protestant 300 1.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 265 0.9%

Health insured

88.9%

±2.6 pp

Uninsured

11.1%

±2.6 pp

7th of 88

With a disability

12.4%

±1.2 pp

80th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

19.5%

±2.2 pp

−12.0 pp vs OH · 48th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.7%

90% interval 6.8%–8.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Hardin 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

Kenton

Traffic fatalities

2

8.51 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2