Knox County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 58,688 92.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,288 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 557 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 492 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,783 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 325 0.5%

• Under 18 14,386 22.8%
• 18–24 7,032 11.1%
• 25–44 13,964 22.1%
• 45–64 15,634 24.8%
• 65 and over 12,126 19.2%

Median household income

$72,305

90% interval $67,117–$77,493

+$46 vs OH · 33rd of 88

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.5%–12.9%

−1.9 pp vs OH · 57th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.7%

−0.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.1B

0.33% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,796

Establishments

1,368

• Education & health services 6,264 30.8%
• Manufacturing 4,303 21.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,011 14.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,011 9.9%
• Construction 1,365 6.7%
• Professional & business services 1,216 6.0%
• Public administration 702 3.4%
• Financial activities 568 2.8%
• Other services 549 2.7%
• Natural resources & mining 202 1.0%
• Information 173 0.8%

Home ownership

75.5%

+8.3 pp vs OH · 34th of 88

Median gross rent

$950

−$84 vs OH · 23rd of 88

Owner-occupied

17,739

Renter-occupied

5,752

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $83,227/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,573/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 23,112 72.0%
• Democratic 8,698 27.1%
• Other / third-party 280 0.9%

• German or other West Germanic 2,677 4.5%
• Spanish 491 0.8%
• Chinese 194 0.3%
• Tagalog 107 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 83 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 46 0.1%

Households

23,491

Family households

15,686

66.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,582

29.2% of families

Single-mother families

958

6.1% of families

Veterans

3,773

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,391 24.5%
• Mainline Protestant 4,899 7.8%
• Catholic 3,734 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 828 1.3%
• Black Protestant 202 0.3%

Health insured

88.7%

±1.7 pp

Uninsured

11.3%

±1.7 pp

6th of 88

With a disability

13.0%

±1.1 pp

74th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

24.7%

±1.7 pp

−6.8 pp vs OH · 30th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.1%

90% interval 8.1%–10.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Knox 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

Mount Vernon

Traffic fatalities

3

6.15 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3