Jackson County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 31,117 95.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 332 1.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 250 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 171 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 668 2.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 111 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%

• Under 18 7,767 23.8%
• 18–24 2,539 7.8%
• 25–44 7,972 24.4%
• 45–64 8,515 26.1%
• 65 and over 5,857 17.9%

Median household income

$59,581

90% interval $53,068–$66,094

−$12,678 vs OH · 76th of 88

Below poverty line

15.5%

90% interval 12.2%–18.8%

+2.9 pp vs OH · 11th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.9 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.14% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,906

Establishments

760

• Manufacturing 2,380 23.3%
• Education & health services 2,358 23.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,804 17.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,086 10.6%
• Professional & business services 599 5.9%
• Public administration 421 4.1%
• Financial activities 251 2.5%
• Other services 206 2.0%
• Construction 50 0.5%
• Information 27 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 89.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.9%

+6.7 pp vs OH · 46th of 88

Median gross rent

$769

−$265 vs OH · 79th of 88

Owner-occupied

9,561

Renter-occupied

3,372

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $66,786/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,644/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 11,249 78.7%
• Democratic 2,953 20.7%
• Other / third-party 83 0.6%

• German or other West Germanic 154 0.5%
• Spanish 92 0.3%
• Tagalog 26 0.1%
• Korean 19 0.1%

Households

12,933

Family households

8,327

64.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,350

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

733

8.8% of families

Veterans

2,397

9.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,127 15.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,576 7.9%
• Catholic 708 2.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 540 1.7%

Health insured

92.1%

±2.2 pp

Uninsured

7.9%

±2.2 pp

20th of 88

With a disability

23.1%

±2.5 pp

1st of 88

Bachelor's or higher

15.9%

±2.1 pp

−15.6 pp vs OH · 74th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.2%

90% interval 8.1%–10.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Jackson 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

Jackson

Traffic fatalities

4

16.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4