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Madison County, Ohio

Republican +43.7 (2024)
County seat
London
Judicial district
Madison County Court of Common Pleas
Population (July 2025 estimate)
46,985
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 44,423.

At a glance

Madison County is a 46,985-person venue. The county population is 87% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $84,632, $12,373 above the OH state median of $72,259; 24.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 49.0% of covered employment, average pay $53,335/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.41%, below the 4.05% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 68% to 71% of the vote across the three.

Population
44,423
Median household income
$87,045
Unemployment
3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 87% / 4%.

Madison County has a population of 44,423, with a median age of 41.5. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.7%; Black residents 4.3%. Independently, 3.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $84,632; 24.2% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.8% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 38,299 86.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,395 3.1%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,908 4.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 562 1.3%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,007 4.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 79 0.2%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 14 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 159 0.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

  • Under 18 8,860 19.9%
  • 18–24 3,316 7.5%
  • 25–44 12,278 27.6%
  • 45–64 12,645 28.5%
  • 65 and over 7,324 16.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$84,632
90% interval $76,862–$92,402
+$12,373 vs OH · 11th of 88
Below poverty line
8.8%
90% interval 6.4%–11.2%
−3.8 pp vs OH · 74th of 88

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Trade & transportation anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Trade, transportation & utilities, about 49% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest employment sector at 49.0% of covered employment, followed by Manufacturing at 13.5%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.41%, below the Ohio state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.4%
−0.64 pp vs. state
County GDP
$3.0B
0.32% of state
Avg. annual pay
$56,556
Establishments
1,070

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Trade, transportation & utilities 11,898 49.0%
  • Manufacturing 3,281 13.5%
  • Education & health services 2,376 9.8%
  • Public administration 1,832 7.5%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,352 5.6%
  • Professional & business services 1,327 5.5%
  • Other services 446 1.8%
  • Financial activities 267 1.1%
  • Information 51 0.2%
  • Construction 40 0.2%

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

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
77.5%
+10.3 pp vs OH · 25th of 88
Median gross rent
$943
−$91 vs OH · 24th of 88
Owner-occupied
12,162
Renter-occupied
3,524

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 72% 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 (Public administration, $78,482/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,071/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • Institutional employer scale

    Average establishment employs 23 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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 70%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Madison County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 71.3% in 2024, 69.7% in 2020, 67.6% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,668 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201667.6%27.8%
202069.7%28.7%
202471.3%27.6%
  • Republican 14,737 71.3%
  • Democratic 5,713 27.6%
  • Other / third-party 218 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 69% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 5.7% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

5.7% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.6% of the adult civilian population (2,699 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

94.3% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 927 2.2%
  • German or other West Germanic 578 1.4%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 213 0.5%
  • Arabic 63 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 59 0.1%
  • Korean 54 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
15,686
Family households
10,775
68.7% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,916
27.1% of families
Single-mother families
831
7.7% of families
Veterans
2,699
7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

26.6% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 5,110 11.7%
  • Catholic 3,201 7.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 2,879 6.6%
  • Black Protestant 300 0.7%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 158 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
92.3%
±1.3 pp
Uninsured
7.7%
±1.3 pp
21st of 88
With a disability
14.1%
±1.3 pp
64th of 88
Bachelor's or higher
24.2%
±2 pp
−7.3 pp vs OH · 31st of 88
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
8.0%
90% interval 7.1%–8.9% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Madison County Court of Common Pleas
Judges
1 (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
London
Court reference
Traffic safety context

Madison totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 7 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
7
19.68 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
7

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Madison County, Ohio to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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