Jury Pool Profile
Hardin County, Ohio
Republican +55 (2024)
- Population
- 30,527
- Median household income
- $58,001
- Unemployment
- 5.3%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 28,513 93.4%
- Black or African American alone 344 1.1%
- Asian alone 273 0.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 41 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 22 0.1%
- Some other race alone 195 0.6%
- Two or more races 1,139 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 701 2.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 35.3
- Under 18 7,086 23.2%
- 18–24 4,859 15.9%
- 25–44 6,459 21.2%
- 45–64 7,217 23.6%
- 65 and over 4,906 16.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.3%
- +0.81 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.4B
- 0.15% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,899
- Establishments
- 563
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,056 26.8%
- Manufacturing 1,759 22.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,397 18.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 860 11.2%
- Public administration 383 5.0%
- Natural resources & mining 292 3.8%
- Financial activities 258 3.4%
- Other services 204 2.7%
- Professional & business services 202 2.6%
- Construction 181 2.4%
- Information 84 1.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.3%
- Median gross rent
- $733
- Owner-occupied
- 8,583
- Renter-occupied
- 3,128
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 12,893 votes cast
- Republican 9,911 76.9%
- Democratic 2,863 22.2%
- Other / third-party 119 0.9%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
94.0% speak only English at home
- German 1,026 3.6%
- Spanish 374 1.3%
- Chinese 83 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 61 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 49 0.2%
- Arabic 43 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 36 0.1%
- Tagalog 26 0.1%
- Korean 25 0.1%
- Vietnamese 3 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 11,711
- Family households
- 7,517
- 64.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,939
- Single-mother households
- 493
- Veterans
- 1,717
- 7.3% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
30.8% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 88.1%
- With a disability
- 13.2%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 18.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 safety context
Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 7
- 29.86 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 4
NHTSA FARS 2023