Morgan County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 12,320 90.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 157 1.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 399 2.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 18 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 605 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 15 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 137 1.0%

• Under 18 2,851 20.9%
• 18–24 983 7.2%
• 25–44 3,029 22.2%
• 45–64 3,714 27.2%
• 65 and over 3,074 22.5%

Median household income

$64,911

90% interval $60,892–$68,930

−$7,348 vs OH · 60th of 88

Below poverty line

14.8%

90% interval 11.3%–18.3%

+2.2 pp vs OH · 19th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

+0.85 pp vs. state

County GDP

$516.1M

0.06% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,876

Establishments

240

• Education & health services 669 23.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 657 23.3%
• Manufacturing 548 19.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 304 10.8%
• Public administration 246 8.7%
• Financial activities 103 3.7%
• Construction 22 0.8%
• Information 12 0.4%
• Professional & business services 9 0.3%
• Other services 4 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.9%

+11.7 pp vs OH · 18th of 88

Median gross rent

$742

−$292 vs OH · 82nd of 88

Owner-occupied

4,507

Renter-occupied

1,206

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $71,917/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,971/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 5,168 76.2%
• Democratic 1,560 23.0%
• Other / third-party 54 0.8%

• German or other West Germanic 164 1.3%
• Spanish 161 1.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 91 0.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 14 0.1%
• Chinese 5 0.0%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%
• Tagalog 1 0.0%

Households

5,713

Family households

3,958

69.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

957

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

269

6.8% of families

Veterans

856

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 2,415 17.5%
• Mainline Protestant 846 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 163 1.2%
• Catholic 99 0.7%

Health insured

93.6%

±1.8 pp

Uninsured

6.4%

±1.8 pp

38th of 88

With a disability

18.4%

±1.8 pp

13th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

14.4%

±2.6 pp

−17.1 pp vs OH · 81st of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.7%

90% interval 8.6%–10.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Morgan 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

McConnelsville

Traffic fatalities

5

46.3 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5