Williams County, Ohio

• White (non-Hispanic) 33,347 90.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,982 5.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 221 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 241 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 838 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 17 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 65 0.2%

• Under 18 8,084 22.0%
• 18–24 2,805 7.6%
• 25–44 9,021 24.6%
• 45–64 9,441 25.7%
• 65 and over 7,368 20.1%

Median household income

$63,288

90% interval $58,751–$67,825

−$8,971 vs OH · 65th of 88

Below poverty line

10.3%

90% interval 8.2%–12.4%

−2.3 pp vs OH · 61st of 88

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.1%

+0.09 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

0.24% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,121

Establishments

932

• Manufacturing 5,712 35.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,544 22.1%
• Education & health services 2,903 18.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,113 7.0%
• Professional & business services 600 3.7%
• Construction 586 3.7%
• Public administration 559 3.5%
• Other services 413 2.6%
• Financial activities 295 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 163 1.0%
• Information 118 0.7%

Home ownership

76.3%

+9.1 pp vs OH · 31st of 88

Median gross rent

$791

−$243 vs OH · 72nd of 88

Owner-occupied

11,801

Renter-occupied

3,675

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 76% 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 (Construction, $77,082/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,089/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 13,461 73.7%
• Democratic 4,644 25.4%
• Other / third-party 169 0.9%

• Spanish 743 2.1%
• German or other West Germanic 196 0.6%
• Tagalog 53 0.2%
• Chinese 31 0.1%
• Arabic 25 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.1%
• Korean 14 0.0%
• Vietnamese 7 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 5 0.0%

Households

15,476

Family households

9,772

63.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,536

26.0% of families

Single-mother families

908

9.3% of families

Veterans

1,784

6.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 14,319 38.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,909 10.5%
• Catholic 2,407 6.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 394 1.1%
• Black Protestant 40 0.1%

Health insured

95.2%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±1.2 pp

74th of 88

With a disability

17.2%

±1.5 pp

24th of 88

Bachelor's or higher

13.7%

±1.3 pp

−17.8 pp vs OH · 82nd of 88

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.8%

90% interval 6.9%–8.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Williams County Court of Common Pleas

Judges

1 (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

Bryan

Traffic fatalities

6

20.95 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6