Licking County, OH elected officials: county commissioners, sheriff, school board and cities
Who holds every elected county, school board, city and special-district office in Licking County: 342 seats on 124 elected bodies. 2 seats were on the November 3, 2026 ballot; they update once the county certifies its results.
Who lives in each of the 17 school districts (Census figures)
School district
People
Median household income
Below the poverty line
Without health insurance
Renters paying 30%+ of income on rent
Centerburg Local School District
6,465
$93,009
3.3%
3.2%
36.4%
East Knox Local School District
9,766
$84,409
9.4%
9.7%
47.9%
Granville Exempted Village School District
15,357
$146,768
3.8%
3.5%
34%
Heath City School District
10,809
$71,222
8.4%
3.6%
38.3%
Johnstown-Monroe Local School District
10,469
$110,658
4.9%
3.4%
37%
Lakewood Local School District
13,496
$88,841
9.4%
5.5%
41.3%
Licking Heights Local School District
28,140
$94,716
6.2%
4.5%
31.7%
Licking Valley Local School District
11,144
$85,218
8.1%
5.8%
49%
New Albany-Plain Local School District
24,993
$156,110
2.7%
3.7%
39.3%
Newark City School District
50,382
$60,785
17.5%
7.2%
41.7%
North Fork Local School District
10,901
$85,577
13.1%
7.1%
36%
Northern Local School District
14,777
$91,427
8.1%
8%
47.3%
Northridge Local School District (Montgomery County)
10,598
$42,058
26.8%
8.3%
53.6%
Reynoldsburg City School District
43,659
$73,808
11.6%
9%
45.2%
River View Local School District
14,712
$62,105
14.5%
15.6%
38.5%
Southwest Licking Local School District
28,669
$103,757
7.3%
4.5%
39.6%
West Muskingum Local School District
15,019
$69,378
11.6%
4.6%
46.5%
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates for each school district's area, matched to its board by name. They're estimates with a , larger for small districts.
The Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments counts 67 local governments in Licking County. This page lists the ones whose offices are elected.
Kind of government
Census count (2022)
Listed on this page
County government
1
1
Cities, towns, villages and townships (14 municipal, 25 township)
39
44
School districts (school boards)
11
17
Special districts (elected boards)
16
0
Census Bureau, 2022 Census of Governments: Government Units Listing (census.gov).
About these counts
The Census Bureau counts every independent local government once, in the county it assigns it to: the one it mostly serves or where it's based. A city or district that crosses county lines is counted in only one county, so it may be listed on this page but counted elsewhere, or the other way around. Many special districts, such as housing authorities, have appointed boards, and some places have more than one elected body, so the two columns measure different things. School systems run by a county, city or the state aren't counted as separate governments, though their boards may be listed here; in some states the Bureau counts community or state colleges as school districts. The counts are as of 2022.
Who lives in Licking County
181,837people
40.3median ageU.S.: 38.9
$84,426 household incomeU.S.: $80,734
10.2%below the U.S.: 12.5%
29.3%of adults 25+ with a bachelor's degreeU.S.: 35.7%
$275,200median home valueU.S.: $332,700
3.2%unemployed (of the labor force)U.S.: 5.2%
4.6%born outside the U.S.U.S.: 14.1%
8.1%of adults are veteransU.S.: 6.2%
5.3%U.S.: 8.4%
41.4%of renting households pay of income on rentU.S.: 51.1%
20%of homeowners with a mortgage pay of income on housing costsU.S.: 28.1%
Race and Hispanic origin: Hispanic or Latino 2.5% · White 85.1% · Black 4.2% · Asian 3.7% · Other or more than one race 4.5% (Hispanic or Latino people can be of any race; the other groups are non-Hispanic.)
Census Bureau, 2020–2024 5-year estimates (data.census.gov).
About these figures
The American Community Survey asks about 3.5 million households a year about who lives there, their work, income, schooling and housing. The 5-year estimates pool 2020–2024 answers so that every county and district has enough of them. They're estimates with a (larger for smaller places), and they're different from the once-a-decade census count. "Median" means half are above and half below. Household income is before taxes and includes everyone in the household. The unemployment share here is the survey's five-year average, so it differs from the monthly rate in the BLS jobs report. Race and Hispanic origin are as people describe themselves.
Health insurance means any coverage, private or public (such as Medicaid or Medicare), when people answered; the share is of everyone except people on active military duty and people living in institutions such as prisons and nursing homes. The housing shares are of renting households, and of homeowners with a mortgage, for whom the Census Bureau can compute them (households with no income, or renters who pay no cash rent, are left out). Rent here is gross rent, rent plus utilities; owner costs include the mortgage, property taxes, insurance, utilities and fees.
Jobs in Licking County
3.3%September 2026, preliminary. A year earlier: 3.8%. Ohio: 3.3%.
88,822people employedSeptember 2026, preliminary. Counted where they live, not where they work.
91,877in the September 2026, preliminary.
Yearly average unemployment rate, 2016–2025.
Every month, last two years
Month
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
September 2026 (preliminary)
3.3%
3,055
88,822
91,877
August 2026
3.3%
3,095
89,431
92,526
July 2026
3.3%
3,011
89,583
92,594
June 2026
3.4%
3,162
89,565
92,727
May 2026
2.7%
2,487
89,512
91,999
April 2026
2.9%
2,632
89,501
92,133
March 2026
3.5%
3,230
89,465
92,695
February 2026
4.2%
3,861
88,662
92,523
January 2026
4.1%
3,793
87,851
91,644
December 2025
3.6%
3,330
89,281
92,611
November 2025
3.7%
3,498
89,802
93,300
October 2025
not collected (2025 federal shutdown)
September 2025
3.8%
3,581
89,624
93,205
August 2025
4.2%
3,910
89,707
93,617
July 2025
4.6%
4,362
90,036
94,398
June 2025
4.6%
4,331
89,647
93,978
May 2025
4.2%
3,952
89,307
93,259
April 2025
4.3%
4,020
89,118
93,138
March 2025
4.8%
4,519
89,022
93,541
February 2025
5.0%
4,612
88,376
92,988
January 2025
5.0%
4,634
88,357
92,991
December 2024
4.1%
3,846
89,107
92,953
November 2024
4.1%
3,817
89,672
93,489
October 2024
3.7%
3,490
89,780
93,270
Yearly averages
Year
Rate
Unemployed
Employed
Labor force
2025 (11 months)
4.4%
4,068
89,298
93,366
2024
4.2%
3,838
88,497
92,335
2023
3.4%
3,066
87,743
90,809
2022
3.6%
3,193
86,467
89,660
2021
4.4%
3,891
84,703
88,594
2020
6.8%
5,897
81,159
87,056
2019
3.9%
3,415
84,875
88,290
2018
4.1%
3,535
83,314
86,849
2017
4.4%
3,755
82,548
86,303
2016
4.6%
3,908
81,287
85,195
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, : BLS publishes county figures only that way, so they rise and fall with the seasons; compare a month with the same month a year earlier rather than with the month before. Ohio's figure above is on the same basis; seasonally adjusted, as in BLS's monthly state release, it was 3.4% in September 2026. The latest month is preliminary and is revised the next month, and BLS revises earlier years each spring. People are counted where they live. October 2025 wasn't collected during the 2025 federal government shutdown, so 2025's yearly average covers 11 months.
Quick answers
Who is the Licking County County Auditor?
Michael L Smith (Republican) is the County Auditor of Licking County, Ohio. The seat was on the November 3, 2026 ballot; the count isn't certified yet.
Who is the Licking County Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas?
Olivia Clark Parkinson (Republican) is the Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas of Licking County, Ohio.
Who is the Licking County County Coroner?
Michael E Campolo (Republican) is the County Coroner of Licking County, Ohio.
Who is the Licking County County Engineer?
Jared N Knerr (Republican) is the County Engineer of Licking County, Ohio.
Who is the Licking County Prosecuting Attorney?
Jenny Rebecca Gonzalez Wells (Republican) is the Prosecuting Attorney of Licking County, Ohio.
Who is the Licking County County Recorder?
Bryan A Long (Republican) is the County Recorder of Licking County, Ohio.
Who is the Licking County County Sheriff?
Timothy Randall Thorp (Republican) is the County Sheriff of Licking County, Ohio.
Who is the Licking County County Treasurer?
Roy Alan Vanatta (Republican) is the County Treasurer of Licking County, Ohio.
Who are the Licking County commissioners?
Timothy Edward Bubb (County Commissioner); Duane Hayes Flowers (County Commissioner); Richard Eugene Black (County Commissioner).
Who is on the Licking County School Board?
Tracey Myers (Board of Education Member); Joshua E. Jackson (Board of Education Member); Kris Weldy (Board of Education Member); Christopher Lopez (Governing Board Member); Beth Glitt (Governing Board Member); Krissy Machamer (Governing Board Member); Amy C. Barnes (Governing Board Member); Lindsay Bush (Board of Education Member); Edward Alan Huffman (Board of Education Member); Joshua D. Beltz (Board of Education Member); Randy Reese (Board of Education Member); Melissa Tomlinson (Board of Education Member); Melanie Suzanne Kohlheim (Board of Education Member); John A Kronk (Board of Education Member); Amy Diana Deeds (Board of Education Member); Ceciel Titia Shaw (Board of Education Member); Frederick C Wolf III (Board of Education Member); Mark F Grise (Board of Education Member); Miranda Susan Spicer (Board of Education Member); Debra Lynn Kelley (Board of Education Member); Melody Anise Klontz (Board of Education Member); Jamie Nichole Mills (Board of Education Member); Jesse Tobias Coppel (Board of Education Member); Steven William Frazier (Board of Education Member); Alan Henry Benton (Board of Education Member); Amanda Dawn Davis (Board of Education Member); Anne Malinda Thomas (Board of Education Member); Laurie Gallwitz (Governing Board Member); Robert B. Gregg (Governing Board Member); Vicki Bechtel (Governing Board Member); Kenneth Boeshart (Governing Board Member); Thomas Groshong (Governing Board Member); Jonathan Alan Lynch (Board of Education Member); Jacquelyn Michelle Mitchell (Board of Education Member); Kelly E Rayburn (Board of Education Member); Brandon James Salyer (Board of Education Member); Jeremiah Robert Weekly (Board of Education Member); Matthew Owen Clark (Governing Board Member); Robert David Essex (Governing Board Member); Rex J Stevenson (Governing Board Member); Marc D Guthrie (Governing Board Member); Joseph Robert Shannon (Governing Board Member); Karlie Nicole Bishop (Board of Education Member); Paul David Johnson (Board of Education Member); Mark D Rader (Board of Education Member); Tiffany Blumhorst (Board of Education Member); Hannington Tsikiwa (Board of Education Member); Craig Alan Nethers (Board of Education Member); Julie Alyson Stedman (Board of Education Member); Paul Casey Williams (Board of Education Member); Drake Matthew McArtor (Board of Education Member); Jo Lynn Torbert (Board of Education Member); Robert W. Doughty (Governing Board Member); Barbara Hansen (Governing Board Member); Scott Welker (Governing Board Member); Larry Good (Governing Board Member); Michael G Smith (Governing Board Member); Jennifer Fuller (Board of Education Member); Paul Naumoff (Board of Education Member); Coleen Barber (Board of Education Member); John McClelland (Board of Education Member); Mark Wilson (Board of Education Member); Mark David Christenberry (Board of Education Member); Daniel Louis Hunt II (Board of Education Member); Thomas Robert Bline (Board of Education Member); Cynthia Ann Neely (Board of Education Member); Joseph Edward Quackenbush (Board of Education Member); Farrah Lynn Cooperider (Board of Education Member); Robert C Krueger (Board of Education Member); Daniel Lewis Pargeon (Board of Education Member); Jordan Taylor Atherton (Board of Education Member); Debra Ann Paxton (Board of Education Member); Dale Roger Derolph (Board of Education Member); Levi Dupler (Board of Education Member); Patrick Hogan (Board of Education Member); Steve Lemon (Board of Education Member); David Weals (Board of Education Member); Jessica Ann Cermak (Board of Education Member); Rachel Elaine Smith (Board of Education Member); Andrew Joseph Williams (Board of Education Member); Katlyn Nicole Creager (Board of Education Member); Evelyn Marie Vance (Board of Education Member); Jeniffer L Quesenberry (Board of Education Member); Teresa Alabi (Board of Education Member); Shana M French (Board of Education Member); Kendra Renee McKay (Board of Education Member); Evan Fischer (Board of Education Member); Gail Gallwitz (Board of Education Member); David Lapp (Board of Education Member); Mindy Ann Duncan (Board of Education Member); Charlie Wright (Board of Education Member); Michael Lawrence Miller (Board of Education Member); Tanya Lynn Moore (Board of Education Member); Margaret Catherine Spindler (Board of Education Member); Kandee Snider Engle (Board of Education Member); Debra A Moore (Board of Education Member); Marcus R Farley (Board of Education Member); Dannil R Ankrum (Board of Education Member); Julie Maclaine (Board of Education Member); Bryan Melsheimer (Board of Education Member).
What is the population of Licking County?
About 181,837 people, with a median age of 40.3; the median household income is $84,426 and 10.2% live below the poverty line (Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2020–2024 5-year estimates).
What is the unemployment rate in Licking County?
3.3% in September 2026 (preliminary): 3,055 people unemployed in a labor force of 91,877, against 3.8% a year earlier (Bureau of Labor Statistics, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, not seasonally adjusted).
How many local governments are there in Licking County?
67 in the Census Bureau's 2022 Census of Governments: 1 county, 14 municipal, 25 township, 11 school district and 16 special district governments.
What cities and towns are in Licking County?
93: Alexandria Village, Alexandria Village, Bennington Township, Bennington Township, Bowling Green Township, Bowling Green Township, Buckeye Lake Village, Burlington Township, Burlington Township, Clerk- - Village St. Louisville, Eden Township, Eden Township, Etna Township, Etna Township, Fallsbury Township, Fallsbury Township, Franklin Township, Franklin Township, Granville Township, Granville Township, Granville Village, Gratiot Village, Gratiot Village, Hanover Township, Hanover Township, Hanover Village, Hanover Village, Hanover Village, Harrison Township, Harrison Township, Hartford Township, Hartford Township, Hartford Village, Hartford Village, Heath City, Heath City, Heath City, Hebron Village, Hebron Village, Hopewell Township, Hopewell Township, Jersey Township, Jersey Township, Johnstown City, Kirkersville Village, Kirkersville Village, Kirkersville Village, Liberty Township, Liberty Township, Licking County Municipal Ct, Licking Township, Licking Township, Madison Township, Madison Township, Mary Ann Township, Mary Ann Township, Mckean Township, Mckean Township, Monroe Township, Monroe Township, New Albany City, New Albany City, Newark City, Newark City, Newark City, Newark City, Newark City, Newark Township, Newark Township, Newton Township, Newton Township, Pataskala City, Pataskala City, Perry Township, Perry Township, Proposed - Village Alexandria, Proposed - Village Alexandria, Reynoldsburg City, Reynoldsburg City, Reynoldsburg City, Reynoldsburg City, Reynoldsburg City, St. Albans Township, St. Albans Township, St. Louisville Village, St. Louisville Village, St. Louisville Village, Union Township, Union Township, Utica Village, Utica Village, Washington Township, Washington Township. Each has its own page with its mayor and council.
Officeholders as of November 7, 2026, from each county board of elections' elected-officials list (the boards' Elected Officials lookups, read November 7, 2026, and the other boards' own published lists) and Cuyahoga County's certified 2024 general election results. Counties whose board publishes no list we can read yet aren't listed; officials appointed since a list was updated may differ; each name links to its source. Officials change between elections (appointments, resignations), and the body's own website is the authority. Party is shown only for offices elected on a partisan ballot.
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