Jury Pool Profile

Allegan County, Michigan

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 120,913
Median household income: $80,255
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 107,957 89.3%
Black or African American alone 1,480 1.2%
Asian alone 875 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 393 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 27 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,356 1.9%
Two or more races 7,825 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,674 8.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 28,528 23.6%
18–24 9,128 7.5%
25–44 29,459 24.4%
45–64 32,243 26.7%
65 and over 21,555 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.23 pp vs. state
County GDP: $6.7B; 0.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,226
Establishments: 2,678

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 13,777 33.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,649 16.1%
Education & health services 5,656 13.7%
Leisure & hospitality 3,767 9.1%
Construction 2,974 7.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,768 4.3%
Professional & business services 1,669 4.0%
Public administration 1,415 3.4%
Other services 1,169 2.8%
Financial activities 754 1.8%
Information 263 0.6%
Unclassified 159 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.1%
Median gross rent: $1,065
Owner-occupied: 38,711
Renter-occupied: 6,273

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 71,890 votes cast

Republican 45,206 62.9%
Democratic 25,637 35.7%
Other / third-party 1,047 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,701 5.0%
Other Indo-European 528 0.5%
German 417 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 399 0.4%
Arabic 211 0.2%
Slavic languages 100 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 67 0.1%
Other 56 0.0%
Tagalog 44 0.0%
Chinese 39 0.0%
Korean 37 0.0%
Vietnamese 26 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 44,984
Family households: 33,002; 73.4% of households
Married w/ children: 26,305
Single-mother households: 2,178
Veterans: 4,819; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

36.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,991 17.4%
Catholic 11,432 9.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,937 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,272 1.9%
Black Protestant 150 0.1%
Orthodox 140 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%
With a disability: 11.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 48th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Allegan

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 14.07 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 12

NHTSA FARS 2023