Lawrence County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 53,269 93.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 630 1.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 958 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 321 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,448 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 22 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 158 0.3%

• Under 18 12,266 21.6%
• 18–24 4,152 7.3%
• 25–44 13,822 24.3%
• 45–64 15,725 27.7%
• 65 and over 10,854 19.1%

Median household income

$61,638

90% interval $56,373–$66,903

−$10,621 vs OH · 70th of 88

Below poverty line

15.0%

90% interval 11.8%–18.2%

+2.4 pp vs OH · 15th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.4 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,844

Establishments

1,039

• Education & health services 5,753 41.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,918 20.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,261 9.0%
• Manufacturing 1,098 7.9%
• Professional & business services 609 4.4%
• Public administration 491 3.5%
• Information 38 0.3%
• Construction 32 0.2%
• Other services 10 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 87.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.3%

+5.1 pp vs OH · 58th of 88

Median gross rent

$848

−$186 vs OH · 51st of 88

Owner-occupied

16,374

Renter-occupied

6,276

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% 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 (Manufacturing, $65,083/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,612/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 20,013 74.9%
• Democratic 6,514 24.4%
• Other / third-party 185 0.7%

• Spanish 240 0.4%
• Korean 95 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 80 0.1%
• Chinese 71 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 63 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 47 0.1%
• Arabic 13 0.0%

Households

22,650

Family households

14,782

65.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,723

25.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,410

9.5% of families

Veterans

3,625

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 9,768 16.8%
• Black Protestant 2,490 4.3%
• Mainline Protestant 2,426 4.2%
• Catholic 1,891 3.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 187 0.3%

Health insured

94.5%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±0.9 pp

56th of 88

With a disability

23.1%

±1.5 pp

2nd of 88

Bachelor's or higher

18.5%

±1.6 pp

−13.0 pp vs OH · 56th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 7.0%–8.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Lawrence 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

Ironton

Traffic fatalities

4

8.98 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4