Scioto County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 66,822 92.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,144 1.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,673 2.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 353 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,417 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 68 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 132 0.2%

• Under 18 15,735 21.7%
• 18–24 6,243 8.6%
• 25–44 18,211 25.1%
• 45–64 18,767 25.8%
• 65 and over 13,671 18.8%

Median household income

$55,235

90% interval $50,346–$60,124

−$17,024 vs OH · 85th of 88

Below poverty line

19.1%

90% interval 15.9%–22.3%

+6.5 pp vs OH · 5th of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.4%

+1.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.5B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,311

Establishments

1,508

• Education & health services 11,860 47.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,782 15.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,695 10.8%
• Public administration 1,777 7.1%
• Manufacturing 1,514 6.1%
• Professional & business services 1,305 5.2%
• Other services 602 2.4%
• Information 55 0.2%
• Financial activities 45 0.2%
• Construction 33 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 94.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

68.4%

+1.2 pp vs OH · 74th of 88

Median gross rent

$742

−$292 vs OH · 83rd of 88

Owner-occupied

19,749

Renter-occupied

9,115

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 73% 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 (Public administration, $67,592/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,312/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 22,978 73.7%
• Democratic 8,021 25.7%
• Other / third-party 180 0.6%

• Spanish 541 0.8%
• Chinese 164 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 125 0.2%
• Tagalog 37 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 29 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

28,864

Family households

18,268

63.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,575

25.0% of families

Single-mother families

1,860

10.2% of families

Veterans

3,949

7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,687 21.2%
• Mainline Protestant 3,473 4.7%
• Catholic 3,374 4.6%
• Black Protestant 900 1.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 685 0.9%

Health insured

94.3%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±0.8 pp

53rd of 88

With a disability

22.1%

±1.4 pp

6th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

18.2%

±1.6 pp

−13.3 pp vs OH · 59th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.4%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Scioto 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

Portsmouth

Traffic fatalities

10

17.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7