Paulding County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 16,905 90.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,091 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 34 0.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 100 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 634 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%

• Under 18 4,437 23.6%
• 18–24 1,334 7.1%
• 25–44 4,475 23.8%
• 45–64 4,920 26.2%
• 65 and over 3,625 19.3%

Median household income

$68,923

90% interval $61,500–$76,346

−$3,336 vs OH · 44th of 88

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.3%–12.5%

−2.2 pp vs OH · 59th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$790.0M

0.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,220

Establishments

422

• Manufacturing 1,204 23.3%
• Education & health services 1,152 22.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 913 17.7%
• Public administration 322 6.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 259 5.0%
• Professional & business services 245 4.7%
• Financial activities 113 2.2%
• Information 20 0.4%
• Construction 17 0.3%
• Other services 1 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 82.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+12.9 pp vs OH · 10th of 88

Median gross rent

$812

−$222 vs OH · 63rd of 88

Owner-occupied

6,108

Renter-occupied

1,516

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% 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 (Professional & business services, $64,653/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,010/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 7,203 77.7%
• Democratic 1,987 21.4%
• Other / third-party 86 0.9%

• Spanish 455 2.6%
• Tagalog 61 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 30 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 13 0.1%

Households

7,624

Family households

4,839

63.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,279

26.4% of families

Single-mother families

359

7.4% of families

Veterans

1,095

7.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,758 20.0%
• Mainline Protestant 1,936 10.3%
• Catholic 1,845 9.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 194 1.0%

Health insured

94.8%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

5.2%

±1.1 pp

65th of 88

With a disability

15.9%

±1.8 pp

40th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

16.9%

±2 pp

−14.6 pp vs OH · 65th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.6%

90% interval 7.6%–9.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Paulding 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

Paulding

Traffic fatalities

2

13.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2