Meigs County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 20,974 95.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 116 0.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 199 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 56 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 517 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 31 0.1%

• Under 18 4,509 20.6%
• 18–24 1,655 7.6%
• 25–44 4,956 22.6%
• 45–64 6,137 28.0%
• 65 and over 4,639 21.2%

Median household income

$54,483

90% interval $48,648–$60,318

−$17,776 vs OH · 88th of 88

Below poverty line

14.9%

90% interval 11.5%–18.3%

+2.3 pp vs OH · 17th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.7%

+1.66 pp vs. state

County GDP

$506.8M

0.05% of state

Avg. annual pay

$43,674

Establishments

358

• Education & health services 1,113 31.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 743 21.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 364 10.4%
• Public administration 289 8.3%
• Construction 275 7.9%
• Financial activities 172 4.9%
• Professional & business services 24 0.7%
• Information 23 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 86.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.4%

+8.2 pp vs OH · 36th of 88

Median gross rent

$722

−$312 vs OH · 86th of 88

Owner-occupied

6,864

Renter-occupied

2,238

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $58,179/yr) pays 3.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,946/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 8,127 78.1%
• Democratic 2,202 21.2%
• Other / third-party 71 0.7%

• Spanish 60 0.3%
• Tagalog 56 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 45 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 5 0.0%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

9,102

Family households

5,701

62.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,029

18.0% of families

Single-mother families

640

11.2% of families

Veterans

1,421

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 4,063 18.3%
• Mainline Protestant 1,458 6.6%
• Catholic 269 1.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 144 0.6%

Health insured

93.4%

±1.5 pp

Uninsured

6.6%

±1.5 pp

33rd of 88

With a disability

22.1%

±1.8 pp

4th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

12.2%

±1.7 pp

−19.3 pp vs OH · 85th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.4%

90% interval 8.3%–10.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Meigs 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

Pomeroy

Traffic fatalities

4

23.01 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4