Jury Pool Profile
Perry County, Ohio
Republican +55 (2024)
- Population
- 35,474
- Median household income
- $64,737
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 34,080 96.1%
- Black or African American alone 80 0.2%
- Asian alone 41 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 24 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 123 0.3%
- Two or more races 1,126 3.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 288 0.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 41.1
- Under 18 8,373 23.6%
- 18–24 2,544 7.2%
- 25–44 8,539 24.1%
- 45–64 9,663 27.2%
- 65 and over 6,355 17.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.7%
- +1.23 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $937.2M
- 0.1% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $50,770
- Establishments
- 601
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,039 31.9%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,164 18.2%
- Manufacturing 836 13.1%
- Leisure & hospitality 608 9.5%
- Public administration 431 6.7%
- Construction 422 6.6%
- Professional & business services 374 5.8%
- Other services 185 2.9%
- Financial activities 156 2.4%
- Natural resources & mining 137 2.1%
- Information 46 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 76.5%
- Median gross rent
- $727
- Owner-occupied
- 10,215
- Renter-occupied
- 3,134
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 16,991 votes cast
- Republican 13,062 76.9%
- Democratic 3,800 22.4%
- Other / third-party 129 0.8%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.2% speak only English at home
- Spanish 607 1.8%
- German 156 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 108 0.3%
- Other Indo-European 41 0.1%
- Chinese 14 0.0%
- Other 13 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 13,349
- Family households
- 9,537
- 71.4% of households
- Married w/ children
- 6,993
- Single-mother households
- 800
- Veterans
- 2,408
- 8.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
27.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 3,701 10.5%
- Catholic 2,919 8.2%
- Mainline Protestant 2,503 7.1%
- Black Protestant 300 0.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 259 0.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.8%
- With a disability
- 17.1%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Perry 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
- New Lexington
Traffic safety context
Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 22.14 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023