Lake County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 195,593 84.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 12,314 5.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 11,024 4.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,419 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 8,719 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 162 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 101 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 884 0.4%

• Under 18 44,800 19.3%
• 18–24 18,282 7.9%
• 25–44 55,567 23.9%
• 45–64 63,259 27.2%
• 65 and over 50,308 21.7%

Median household income

$84,484

90% interval $80,703–$88,265

+$12,225 vs OH · 12th of 88

Below poverty line

7.5%

90% interval 6.2%–8.8%

−5.1 pp vs OH · 81st of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.74 pp vs. state

County GDP

$15.7B

1.7% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,587

Establishments

6,824

• Manufacturing 20,990 21.1%
• Education & health services 19,598 19.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 18,008 18.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 11,676 11.7%
• Professional & business services 10,504 10.5%
• Financial activities 6,150 6.2%
• Public administration 3,583 3.6%
• Other services 2,943 3.0%
• Information 278 0.3%
• Construction 206 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 94.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.8%

+8.6 pp vs OH · 32nd of 88

Median gross rent

$1,113

+$79 vs OH · 9th of 88

Owner-occupied

76,626

Renter-occupied

24,518

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $100,394/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,759/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 72,924 56.7%
• Democratic 54,484 42.4%
• Other / third-party 1,127 0.9%

• Spanish 8,235 3.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 4,175 1.9%
• German or other West Germanic 931 0.4%
• Chinese 497 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 378 0.2%
• Vietnamese 358 0.2%
• Arabic 293 0.1%
• Tagalog 286 0.1%
• Korean 43 0.0%

Households

101,144

Family households

61,622

60.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

15,069

24.5% of families

Single-mother families

5,046

8.2% of families

Veterans

13,389

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 75,396 32.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 19,718 8.5%
• Mainline Protestant 11,045 4.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,706 1.6%
• Black Protestant 545 0.2%
• Orthodox 228 0.1%

Health insured

95.5%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.5%

±0.5 pp

77th of 88

With a disability

14.0%

±0.6 pp

65th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

31.6%

±1.1 pp

+0.1 pp vs OH · 17th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 5.7%–6.9% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Lake County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

6 (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

Painesville

Traffic fatalities

11

5.87 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

11