Jury Pool Profile

Licking County, Ohio

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 180,311
Median household income: $81,033
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 156,892 87.0%
Black or African American alone 7,231 4.0%
Asian alone 5,664 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 39 0.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 52 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,499 0.8%
Two or more races 8,934 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,223 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.2

Under 18 41,460 23.0%
18–24 15,791 8.8%
25–44 44,380 24.6%
45–64 47,829 26.5%
65 and over 30,851 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.05 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.1B; 1.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,066
Establishments: 3,996

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 18,707 25.9%
Education & health services 13,847 19.2%
Manufacturing 10,476 14.5%
Professional & business services 7,335 10.2%
Leisure & hospitality 6,797 9.4%
Construction 5,279 7.3%
Public administration 2,860 4.0%
Financial activities 2,854 4.0%
Other services 2,409 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 898 1.2%
Information 637 0.9%
Unclassified 13 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.7%
Median gross rent: $999
Owner-occupied: 50,358
Renter-occupied: 17,947

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 95,045 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 3,644 2.1%
Spanish 2,263 1.3%
Other 816 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 688 0.4%
German 562 0.3%
Arabic 538 0.3%
Chinese 443 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 418 0.2%
Vietnamese 263 0.2%
Slavic languages 200 0.1%
Korean 101 0.1%
Tagalog 85 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 68,305
Family households: 47,574; 69.6% of households
Married w/ children: 37,217
Single-mother households: 4,230
Veterans: 11,654; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.2% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 15.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 29.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 16.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023