Wayne County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 107,644 92.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,885 2.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,355 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,322 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,877 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 79 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 426 0.4%

• Under 18 27,936 24.0%
• 18–24 11,582 9.9%
• 25–44 26,849 23.0%
• 45–64 28,035 24.0%
• 65 and over 22,186 19.0%

Median household income

$72,275

90% interval $66,107–$78,443

+$16 vs OH · 34th of 88

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 9.3%–13.3%

−1.3 pp vs OH · 53rd of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

−0.63 pp vs. state

County GDP

$9.0B

0.97% of state

Avg. annual pay

$59,569

Establishments

3,015

• Manufacturing 13,577 28.2%
• Education & health services 10,568 21.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,437 17.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,948 8.2%
• Professional & business services 3,781 7.8%
• Construction 2,726 5.7%
• Financial activities 1,467 3.0%
• Public administration 1,175 2.4%
• Other services 1,151 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,060 2.2%
• Information 276 0.6%
• Unclassified 5 0.0%

Home ownership

76.6%

+9.4 pp vs OH · 28th of 88

Median gross rent

$881

−$153 vs OH · 39th of 88

Owner-occupied

33,965

Renter-occupied

10,400

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 68% 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 (Professional & business services, $90,859/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,651/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 36,764 69.2%
• Democratic 15,898 29.9%
• Other / third-party 478 0.9%

• German or other West Germanic 11,784 10.8%
• Spanish 1,468 1.3%
• Chinese 267 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 252 0.2%
• Tagalog 88 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 73 0.1%
• Arabic 73 0.1%
• Vietnamese 35 0.0%
• Korean 31 0.0%

Households

44,365

Family households

29,914

67.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

9,503

31.8% of families

Single-mother families

1,653

5.5% of families

Veterans

5,379

6.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 32,944 28.2%
• Mainline Protestant 10,651 9.1%
• Catholic 8,826 7.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,647 1.4%

Health insured

86.1%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

13.9%

±1.2 pp

2nd of 88

With a disability

12.6%

±0.7 pp

76th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

25.1%

±1.2 pp

−6.4 pp vs OH · 29th of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

13.4%

90% interval 12.1%–14.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Wayne 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

Wooster

Traffic fatalities

10

11.28 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10