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Jury Pool Profile

Holmes County, Ohio

Republican +69.2 (2024)
County seat
Millersburg
Judicial district
Holmes County Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
44,970
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 44,418.

At a glance

Holmes County is a 44,970-person venue. The county population is 98% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $77,621, $5,362 above the OH state median of $72,259; 11.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 49.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 37.3% of covered employment, average pay $63,547/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.68%, below the 4.05% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 79% to 84% of the vote across the three.

Population
44,418
Median household income
$76,140
Unemployment
2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 98% / 0%.

Holmes County has a population of 44,418, with a median age of 32.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 97.9%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 1.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $77,621; 11.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 9.0% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 43,238 97.3%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 467 1.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 40 0.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 499 1.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 44 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 22 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 80 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 32.7

  • Under 18 13,443 30.3%
  • 18–24 4,354 9.8%
  • 25–44 10,650 24.0%
  • 45–64 9,542 21.5%
  • 65 and over 6,429 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$77,621
90% interval $71,052–$84,190
+$5,362 vs OH · 21st of 88
Below poverty line
9.0%
90% interval 7.0%–11.0%
−3.6 pp vs OH · 70th of 88

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 37% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 37.3% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.68%, below the Ohio state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.7%
−1.37 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.8B
0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,483
Establishments
1,550

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 8,203 37.3%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 5,027 22.9%
  • Education & health services 2,178 9.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,601 7.3%
  • Professional & business services 845 3.8%
  • Financial activities 480 2.2%
  • Public administration 364 1.7%
  • Other services 356 1.6%
  • Construction 32 0.1%
  • Information 21 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 87.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
79.0%
+11.8 pp vs OH · 17th of 88
Median gross rent
$816
−$218 vs OH · 61st of 88
Owner-occupied
10,579
Renter-occupied
2,816

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 70% 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, $67,113/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,987/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 82%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Holmes County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 84.2% in 2024, 83.4% in 2020, 79.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 12,335 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201679.3%16.3%
202083.4%15.4%
202484.2%15.0%
  • Republican 10,384 84.2%
  • Democratic 1,854 15.0%
  • Other / third-party 97 0.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-dominant, linguistically diverse

Family households are 79% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 49.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

49.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 3.0% of the adult civilian population (918 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

51.0% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 19,559 48.1%
  • Spanish 164 0.4%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 78 0.2%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 73 0.2%
  • Arabic 13 0.0%
  • Chinese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
13,395
Family households
10,575
78.9% of households
Married couples w/ children
4,731
44.7% of families
Single-mother families
255
2.4% of families
Veterans
918
3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

76.7% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 31,906 72.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 1,691 3.8%
  • Catholic 303 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
58.5%
±3 pp
Uninsured
41.5%
±3 pp
1st of 88
With a disability
8.0%
±0.9 pp
88th of 88
Bachelor's or higher
11.1%
±1.4 pp
−20.4 pp vs OH · 88th of 88
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
33.4%
90% interval 30.6%–36.2% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Holmes 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
Millersburg
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Holmes totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
12.91 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Holmes County, Ohio to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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