Jury Pool Profile
Benzie County, Michigan
Republican +9 (2024)
- Population
- 18,177
- Median household income
- $72,603
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 16,736 92.1%
- Black or African American alone 88 0.5%
- Asian alone 163 0.9%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 241 1.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.1%
- Some other race alone 253 1.4%
- Two or more races 673 3.7%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 440 2.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 50.6
- Under 18 3,112 17.1%
- 18–24 1,123 6.2%
- 25–44 3,824 21.0%
- 45–64 5,068 27.9%
- 65 and over 5,050 27.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.0%
- +1.01 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $740.7M
- 0.11% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,619
- Establishments
- 483
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Leisure & hospitality 1,364 27.9%
- Education & health services 831 17.0%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 707 14.5%
- Construction 472 9.7%
- Public administration 308 6.3%
- Manufacturing 301 6.2%
- Professional & business services 276 5.7%
- Financial activities 263 5.4%
- Other services 158 3.2%
- Natural resources & mining 133 2.7%
- Information 20 0.4%
- Unclassified 10 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 87.8%
- Median gross rent
- $974
- Owner-occupied
- 6,557
- Renter-occupied
- 909
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 12,845 votes cast
- Republican 6,895 53.7%
- Democratic 5,780 45.0%
- Other / third-party 170 1.3%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
98.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 160 0.9%
- Other Indo-European 75 0.4%
- German 60 0.3%
- Other 21 0.1%
- Slavic languages 11 0.1%
- Chinese 7 0.0%
- Arabic 7 0.0%
- French (incl. Cajun) 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 7,466
- Family households
- 5,058
- 67.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 4,218
- Single-mother households
- 226
- Veterans
- 1,462
- 9.7% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
22.1% overall adherence rate
- Mainline Protestant 2,379 13.2%
- Evangelical Protestant 1,212 6.7%
- Catholic 252 1.4%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 128 0.7%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.2%
- With a disability
- 16.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 34.3%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 19th 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
- Beulah, Manistee
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 39.83 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023