Jury Pool Profile

Summit County, Ohio

Democratic +7 (2024)

Population: 538,087
Median household income: $71,016
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 403,547 75.0%
Black or African American alone 75,307 14.0%
Asian alone 21,795 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 652 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 70 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,471 0.8%
Two or more races 32,245 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 13,884 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 112,046 20.8%
18–24 43,398 8.1%
25–44 138,111 25.7%
45–64 142,419 26.5%
65 and over 102,113 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +0.56 pp vs. state
County GDP: $40.3B; 4.37% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,871
Establishments: 15,834

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 65,421 25.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 56,694 21.7%
Professional & business services 39,858 15.3%
Leisure & hospitality 27,507 10.5%
Manufacturing 26,777 10.3%
Financial activities 12,847 4.9%
Construction 12,722 4.9%
Other services 7,660 2.9%
Public administration 7,578 2.9%
Information 3,396 1.3%
Natural resources & mining 566 0.2%
Unclassified 19 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.3%
Median gross rent: $998
Owner-occupied: 154,431
Renter-occupied: 75,072

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 273,413 votes cast

Democratic 145,005 53.0%
Republican 125,910 46.1%
Other / third-party 2,498 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.1% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 10,825 2.1%
Spanish 6,828 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,087 0.8%
Chinese 2,669 0.5%
Slavic languages 2,506 0.5%
Arabic 1,728 0.3%
Other 1,686 0.3%
German 1,628 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 975 0.2%
Vietnamese 901 0.2%
Tagalog 694 0.1%
Korean 413 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 229,503
Family households: 138,934; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 98,960
Single-mother households: 15,865
Veterans: 26,805; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 104,629 19.4%
Evangelical Protestant 96,070 17.8%
Mainline Protestant 31,475 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 13,743 2.5%
Black Protestant 9,832 1.8%
Orthodox 4,314 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.4%
With a disability: 13.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Summit County Court of Common Pleas
Judges: 11 (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: Akron

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Ohio statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 46; 10.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 45

NHTSA FARS 2023