Jury Pool Profile
Alger County, Michigan
Republican +20 (2024)
- Population
- 8,813
- Median household income
- $59,406
- Unemployment
- 8.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 7,234 82.1%
- Black or African American alone 694 7.9%
- Asian alone 25 0.3%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 234 2.7%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 115 1.3%
- Two or more races 511 5.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 147 1.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 48.8
- Under 18 1,322 15.0%
- 18–24 653 7.4%
- 25–44 1,977 22.4%
- 45–64 2,519 28.6%
- 65 and over 2,342 26.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 8.8%
- +3.76 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $331.7M
- 0.05% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $49,474
- Establishments
- 258
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Leisure & hospitality 568 21.4%
- Education & health services 440 16.6%
- Manufacturing 397 15.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 313 11.8%
- Public administration 202 7.6%
- Construction 108 4.1%
- Professional & business services 88 3.3%
- Financial activities 86 3.2%
- Other services 34 1.3%
- Natural resources & mining 19 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 84.3%
- Median gross rent
- $712
- Owner-occupied
- 2,941
- Renter-occupied
- 549
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,258 votes cast
- Republican 3,116 59.3%
- Democratic 2,075 39.5%
- Other / third-party 67 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.5% speak only English at home
- Other 69 0.8%
- Spanish 65 0.8%
- German 51 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.2%
- Slavic languages 6 0.1%
- Arabic 3 0.0%
- Other Indo-European 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,490
- Family households
- 2,250
- 64.5% of households
- Married w/ children
- 1,949
- Single-mother households
- 91
- Veterans
- 675
- 9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
28.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 957 10.8%
- Catholic 772 8.7%
- Mainline Protestant 679 7.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 97 1.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.9%
- With a disability
- 19.7%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 20.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 11th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 1 (Circuit Court judges per circuit (general civil + felony criminal jurisdiction); District Court judges (limited jurisdiction) and Probate Court judges separate. Vintage 2026 courts.michigan.gov / Wikipedia 'Michigan Circuit Courts' table; cross-checked against MCL § 600.508.)
- Court seats
- Manistique, Munising, Newberry, St. Ignace
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 1
- 13.35 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 1
NHTSA FARS 2023