Sandusky County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 48,137 81.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,430 10.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,655 2.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 296 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,943 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 66 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 245 0.4%

• Under 18 12,678 21.6%
• 18–24 4,417 7.5%
• 25–44 14,136 24.0%
• 45–64 15,643 26.6%
• 65 and over 11,904 20.3%

Median household income

$66,851

90% interval $59,908–$73,794

−$5,408 vs OH · 52nd of 88

Below poverty line

13.3%

90% interval 11.4%–15.2%

+0.7 pp vs OH · 35th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

+0.6 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.1B

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,648

Establishments

1,474

• Manufacturing 7,892 32.3%
• Education & health services 4,988 20.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,897 15.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,402 9.8%
• Professional & business services 1,714 7.0%
• Construction 1,119 4.6%
• Financial activities 753 3.1%
• Other services 670 2.7%
• Public administration 640 2.6%
• Information 180 0.7%
• Natural resources & mining 178 0.7%
• Unclassified 3 0.0%

Home ownership

73.4%

+6.2 pp vs OH · 52nd of 88

Median gross rent

$783

−$251 vs OH · 74th of 88

Owner-occupied

18,122

Renter-occupied

6,564

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $75,975/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,940/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 19,311 65.0%
• Democratic 10,139 34.1%
• Other / third-party 263 0.9%

• Spanish 2,405 4.3%
• German or other West Germanic 51 0.1%
• Arabic 39 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 30 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 12 0.0%

Households

24,686

Family households

15,568

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,699

23.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,375

8.8% of families

Veterans

3,339

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 8,466 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 7,878 13.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,017 11.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 898 1.5%
• Black Protestant 474 0.8%

Health insured

93.7%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.3%

±1 pp

39th of 88

With a disability

16.8%

±1.3 pp

28th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

18.4%

±1.7 pp

−13.1 pp vs OH · 58th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.2%–7.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Sandusky County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

3 (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

Fremont

Traffic fatalities

8

17.35 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7