Shelby County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 43,873 91.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 835 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,073 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 271 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,665 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 16 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 183 0.4%

• Under 18 11,724 24.5%
• 18–24 4,137 8.6%
• 25–44 10,866 22.7%
• 45–64 12,513 26.1%
• 65 and over 8,689 18.1%

Median household income

$75,593

90% interval $68,611–$82,575

+$3,334 vs OH · 25th of 88

Below poverty line

8.9%

90% interval 7.1%–10.7%

−3.7 pp vs OH · 72nd of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.64 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.1B

0.44% of state

Avg. annual pay

$63,522

Establishments

1,160

• Manufacturing 11,621 44.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,099 15.5%
• Education & health services 3,374 12.8%
• Professional & business services 1,947 7.4%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,634 6.2%
• Public administration 677 2.6%
• Other services 591 2.2%
• Information 44 0.2%
• Construction 31 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 91.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.7%

+6.5 pp vs OH · 48th of 88

Median gross rent

$922

−$112 vs OH · 31st of 88

Owner-occupied

13,930

Renter-occupied

4,976

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $77,957/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,520/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 23 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 20,740 82.0%
• Democratic 4,350 17.2%
• Other / third-party 198 0.8%

• Spanish 275 0.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 55 0.1%
• German or other West Germanic 54 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 53 0.1%
• Chinese 47 0.1%
• Tagalog 43 0.1%

Households

18,906

Family households

12,711

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,758

29.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,117

8.8% of families

Veterans

2,600

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,106 27.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 12,683 26.3%
• Mainline Protestant 4,624 9.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 234 0.5%
• Black Protestant 150 0.3%

Health insured

95.8%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

4.2%

±0.9 pp

78th of 88

With a disability

14.7%

±1.3 pp

54th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

21.4%

±1.7 pp

−10.1 pp vs OH · 37th 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

Shelby County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

2 (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

Sidney

Traffic fatalities

9

24.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9