Jury Pool Profile
Alpena County, Michigan
Republican +29 (2024)
- Population
- 28,908
- Median household income
- $51,909
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 26,978 93.3%
- Black or African American alone 249 0.9%
- Asian alone 142 0.5%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 18 0.1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 104 0.4%
- Two or more races 1,417 4.9%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 458 1.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 47.6
- Under 18 5,444 18.8%
- 18–24 1,877 6.5%
- 25–44 6,364 22.0%
- 45–64 8,148 28.2%
- 65 and over 7,075 24.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.8%
- +0.75 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.5B
- 0.22% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,642
- Establishments
- 898
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 3,616 29.7%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 2,470 20.3%
- Manufacturing 1,896 15.6%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,034 8.5%
- Public administration 813 6.7%
- Financial activities 537 4.4%
- Professional & business services 492 4.0%
- Construction 479 3.9%
- Other services 430 3.5%
- Information 141 1.2%
- Natural resources & mining 88 0.7%
- Unclassified 66 0.5%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 79.4%
- Median gross rent
- $660
- Owner-occupied
- 10,114
- Renter-occupied
- 2,620
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 17,210 votes cast
- Republican 10,967 63.7%
- Democratic 6,038 35.1%
- Other / third-party 205 1.2%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.4% speak only English at home
- German 322 1.2%
- Spanish 168 0.6%
- French (incl. Cajun) 71 0.3%
- Slavic languages 54 0.2%
- Other Indo-European 33 0.1%
- Tagalog 29 0.1%
- Other Asian/Pacific 18 0.1%
- Korean 15 0.1%
- Chinese 2 0.0%
- Arabic 2 0.0%
- Other 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 12,734
- Family households
- 7,527
- 59.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,627
- Single-mother households
- 733
- Veterans
- 2,361
- 10.1% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
35.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 4,049 14.0%
- Catholic 3,442 11.9%
- Mainline Protestant 2,221 7.7%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 491 1.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.9%
- With a disability
- 21.6%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 17.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 26th 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
- Alpena, Atlanta
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 8.52 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023