Jury Pool Profile

Barry County, Michigan

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 62,982
Median household income: $77,873
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 58,969 93.6%
Black or African American alone 304 0.5%
Asian alone 354 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 140 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 575 0.9%
Two or more races 2,625 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,264 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42

Under 18 13,824 21.9%
18–24 4,650 7.4%
25–44 15,084 23.9%
45–64 17,435 27.7%
65 and over 11,989 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.15 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.3B; 0.33% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,220
Establishments: 1,064

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,667 27.7%
Education & health services 2,732 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,749 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,543 11.7%
Financial activities 672 5.1%
Construction 607 4.6%
Professional & business services 585 4.4%
Public administration 534 4.0%
Other services 476 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 381 2.9%
Information 119 0.9%
Unclassified 21 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.1%
Median gross rent: $955
Owner-occupied: 21,017
Renter-occupied: 3,392

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 38,621 votes cast

Republican 25,650 66.4%
Democratic 12,391 32.1%
Other / third-party 580 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 968 1.6%
German 886 1.5%
Slavic languages 152 0.3%
Vietnamese 101 0.2%
Other Indo-European 79 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 67 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 55 0.1%
Arabic 44 0.1%
Chinese 42 0.1%
Other 22 0.0%
Korean 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,409
Family households: 16,478; 67.5% of households
Married w/ children: 13,714
Single-mother households: 945
Veterans: 3,366; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.6% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 9,485 15.2%
Mainline Protestant 3,251 5.2%
Catholic 2,040 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 572 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.7%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 5th 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: Hastings

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 18.31 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023