Highland County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 41,070 94.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 531 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 515 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 58 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,253 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 33 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 57 0.1%

• Under 18 10,401 23.9%
• 18–24 3,275 7.5%
• 25–44 10,214 23.5%
• 45–64 11,294 26.0%
• 65 and over 8,333 19.1%

Median household income

$62,366

90% interval $55,730–$69,002

−$9,893 vs OH · 69th of 88

Below poverty line

14.6%

90% interval 12.1%–17.1%

+2.0 pp vs OH · 21st of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.49 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.9B

0.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,657

Establishments

861

• Education & health services 3,054 28.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,356 21.9%
• Manufacturing 1,893 17.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,063 9.9%
• Construction 579 5.4%
• Financial activities 477 4.4%
• Public administration 432 4.0%
• Professional & business services 404 3.8%
• Other services 313 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 96 0.9%
• Information 81 0.8%

Home ownership

74.3%

+7.1 pp vs OH · 41st of 88

Median gross rent

$780

−$254 vs OH · 76th of 88

Owner-occupied

12,588

Renter-occupied

4,350

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Construction, $64,379/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,105/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 16,269 81.4%
• Democratic 3,609 18.1%
• Other / third-party 106 0.5%

• German or other West Germanic 694 1.7%
• Spanish 275 0.7%
• Tagalog 18 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 6 0.0%

Households

16,938

Family households

11,471

67.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,169

27.6% of families

Single-mother families

780

6.8% of families

Veterans

2,366

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,037 23.2%
• Mainline Protestant 2,177 5.0%
• Catholic 694 1.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 596 1.4%
• Black Protestant 428 1.0%

Health insured

92.4%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

7.6%

±1.3 pp

24th of 88

With a disability

18.2%

±1.6 pp

14th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

16.3%

±1.8 pp

−15.2 pp vs OH · 69th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.8%–9.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Highland 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

Hillsboro

Traffic fatalities

6

18.12 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4