Jury Pool Profile
Highland County, Ohio
Republican +63 (2024)
- Population
- 43,403
- Median household income
- $62,008
- Unemployment
- 5.5%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 41,220 95.0%
- Black or African American alone 509 1.2%
- Asian alone 36 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 36 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 128 0.3%
- Two or more races 1,474 3.4%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 492 1.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 40.8
- Under 18 10,393 23.9%
- 18–24 3,362 7.7%
- 25–44 10,023 23.1%
- 45–64 11,540 26.6%
- 65 and over 8,085 18.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.5%
- +1.03 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.9B
- 0.2% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $44,831
- Establishments
- 853
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 3,059 27.5%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,364 21.3%
- Manufacturing 1,980 17.8%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,132 10.2%
- Construction 766 6.9%
- Financial activities 457 4.1%
- Public administration 423 3.8%
- Professional & business services 417 3.8%
- Other services 314 2.8%
- Information 103 0.9%
- Natural resources & mining 94 0.8%
- Unclassified 1 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 73.2%
- Median gross rent
- $757
- Owner-occupied
- 12,316
- Renter-occupied
- 4,498
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 19,984 votes cast
- Republican 16,269 81.4%
- Democratic 3,609 18.1%
- Other / third-party 106 0.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.8% speak only English at home
- German 954 2.3%
- Spanish 289 0.7%
- Other Indo-European 30 0.1%
- Tagalog 14 0.0%
- Other 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 16,814
- Family households
- 11,464
- 68.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 8,507
- Single-mother households
- 854
- Veterans
- 2,544
- 7.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
32.2% overall adherence rate
- 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%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.1%
- With a disability
- 18.0%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- 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 safety context
Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 7
- 21.21 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023