Huron County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 51,029 87.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,297 7.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 453 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 234 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,992 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 293 0.5%

• Under 18 13,783 23.6%
• 18–24 4,708 8.1%
• 25–44 13,942 23.9%
• 45–64 15,078 25.9%
• 65 and over 10,808 18.5%

Median household income

$72,260

90% interval $67,348–$77,172

+$1 vs OH · 35th of 88

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 9.7%–13.7%

−0.9 pp vs OH · 46th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

+0.75 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

0.32% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,440

Establishments

1,410

• Manufacturing 6,110 28.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,185 19.6%
• Education & health services 4,152 19.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,832 8.6%
• Professional & business services 806 3.8%
• Other services 688 3.2%
• Public administration 638 3.0%
• Financial activities 542 2.5%
• Information 82 0.4%
• Construction 48 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 89.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.0%

+6.8 pp vs OH · 43rd of 88

Median gross rent

$848

−$186 vs OH · 50th of 88

Owner-occupied

17,383

Renter-occupied

6,107

• 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 (Financial activities, $65,081/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,925/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 19,484 71.6%
• Democratic 7,496 27.5%
• Other / third-party 232 0.9%

• Spanish 1,522 2.8%
• German or other West Germanic 515 0.9%
• Chinese 30 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 19 0.0%
• Tagalog 16 0.0%
• Arabic 8 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4 0.0%

Households

23,490

Family households

14,810

63.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,956

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

1,634

11.0% of families

Veterans

2,941

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 11,286 19.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,365 9.2%
• Mainline Protestant 5,160 8.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 427 0.7%

Health insured

93.5%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.5%

±1 pp

35th of 88

With a disability

16.1%

±1.2 pp

37th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

16.7%

±1.6 pp

−14.8 pp vs OH · 67th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.3%–9.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Huron County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Norwalk

Traffic fatalities

4

8.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4