Richland County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 104,913 83.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,837 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 8,840 7.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 943 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,426 5.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 82 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 145 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 913 0.7%

• Under 18 27,226 21.8%
• 18–24 10,303 8.2%
• 25–44 31,742 25.4%
• 45–64 30,629 24.5%
• 65 and over 25,199 20.1%

Median household income

$66,025

90% interval $62,540–$69,510

−$6,234 vs OH · 56th of 88

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 11.0%–16.0%

+0.9 pp vs OH · 33rd of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.5%

+0.44 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.0B

0.65% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,857

Establishments

2,907

• Education & health services 12,755 26.3%
• Manufacturing 9,401 19.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 9,357 19.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 5,606 11.6%
• Professional & business services 3,269 6.7%
• Public administration 2,686 5.5%
• Financial activities 1,297 2.7%
• Information 164 0.3%
• Construction 47 0.1%
• Other services 9 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 91.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

67.9%

+0.7 pp vs OH · 77th of 88

Median gross rent

$824

−$210 vs OH · 58th of 88

Owner-occupied

34,036

Renter-occupied

16,075

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Public administration, $72,927/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,260/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 41,298 70.8%
• Democratic 16,591 28.4%
• Other / third-party 469 0.8%

• German or other West Germanic 2,480 2.1%
• Spanish 1,435 1.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 270 0.2%
• Arabic 255 0.2%
• Tagalog 167 0.1%
• Vietnamese 134 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 116 0.1%
• Korean 60 0.1%
• Chinese 6 0.0%

Households

50,111

Family households

29,613

59.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,328

24.7% of families

Single-mother families

2,716

9.2% of families

Veterans

7,510

7.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 32,495 26.0%
• Mainline Protestant 8,651 6.9%
• Catholic 7,003 5.6%
• Black Protestant 4,462 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,179 1.7%
• Orthodox 120 0.1%

Health insured

91.9%

±1 pp

Uninsured

8.1%

±1 pp

19th of 88

With a disability

16.5%

±1 pp

31st of 88

Bachelor's or higher

17.9%

±1.1 pp

−13.6 pp vs OH · 60th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.7%

90% interval 8.7%–10.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Richland County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

4 (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

Mansfield

Traffic fatalities

16

16.35 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

15