Licking County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 154,713 85.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,459 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 7,654 4.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 6,787 3.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,764 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 30 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 52 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,378 0.8%

• Under 18 41,505 22.8%
• 18–24 16,065 8.8%
• 25–44 44,939 24.7%
• 45–64 47,550 26.1%
• 65 and over 31,778 17.5%

Median household income

$86,157

90% interval $82,819–$89,495

+$13,898 vs OH · 10th of 88

Below poverty line

9.2%

90% interval 7.8%–10.6%

−3.4 pp vs OH · 68th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

−0.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.1B

1.2% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,481

Establishments

4,039

• Trade, transportation & utilities 19,564 25.9%
• Education & health services 14,689 19.4%
• Manufacturing 11,683 15.5%
• Professional & business services 7,298 9.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 6,813 9.0%
• Construction 5,835 7.7%
• Public administration 2,884 3.8%
• Financial activities 2,814 3.7%
• Other services 2,405 3.2%
• Natural resources & mining 868 1.1%
• Information 687 0.9%
• Unclassified 7 0.0%

Home ownership

73.7%

+6.5 pp vs OH · 47th of 88

Median gross rent

$1,078

+$44 vs OH · 12th of 88

Owner-occupied

50,603

Renter-occupied

18,017

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Information, $133,853/yr) pays 5.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,720/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 19 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 61,359 64.6%
• Democratic 32,832 34.5%
• Other / third-party 854 0.9%

• Spanish 2,586 1.5%
• Arabic 770 0.4%
• German or other West Germanic 696 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 641 0.4%
• Chinese 504 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 275 0.2%
• Vietnamese 271 0.2%
• Korean 111 0.1%
• Tagalog 110 0.1%

Households

68,620

Family households

47,046

68.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

14,087

29.9% of families

Single-mother families

4,085

8.7% of families

Veterans

11,370

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 26,785 15.0%
• Catholic 16,621 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 12,588 7.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,292 0.7%
• Black Protestant 220 0.1%

Health insured

94.7%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

5.3%

±0.5 pp

60th of 88

With a disability

15.3%

±0.8 pp

49th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

29.3%

±1.1 pp

−2.2 pp vs OH · 22nd 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

Licking 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

Newark

Traffic fatalities

17

12.11 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

17