Jury Pool Profile

Berrien County, Michigan

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 153,411
Median household income: $63,152
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 115,071 75.0%
Black or African American alone 20,727 13.5%
Asian alone 2,630 1.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 796 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 47 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,752 2.4%
Two or more races 10,388 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,396 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 33,119 21.6%
18–24 12,352 8.1%
25–44 35,569 23.2%
45–64 40,421 26.3%
65 and over 31,950 20.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.51 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.7B; 1.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,009
Establishments: 4,096

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 12,795 21.1%
Manufacturing 11,601 19.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,999 18.1%
Leisure & hospitality 7,655 12.6%
Professional & business services 4,532 7.5%
Public administration 2,561 4.2%
Financial activities 2,506 4.1%
Other services 2,176 3.6%
Construction 1,974 3.3%
Natural resources & mining 1,281 2.1%
Information 447 0.7%
Unclassified 171 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.8%
Median gross rent: $923
Owner-occupied: 46,311
Renter-occupied: 17,340

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 84,478 votes cast

Republican 44,975 53.2%
Democratic 38,323 45.4%
Other / third-party 1,180 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,758 4.0%
Other Indo-European 1,649 1.1%
Other 663 0.5%
Other Asian/Pacific 519 0.4%
German 447 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 426 0.3%
Slavic languages 408 0.3%
Chinese 404 0.3%
Tagalog 317 0.2%
Korean 269 0.2%
Arabic 57 0.0%
Vietnamese 49 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 63,651
Family households: 40,611; 63.8% of households
Married w/ children: 29,794
Single-mother households: 4,520
Veterans: 7,364; 6.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 31,803 20.6%
Catholic 17,349 11.2%
Black Protestant 8,947 5.8%
Mainline Protestant 6,032 3.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,226 2.1%
Orthodox 67 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 13.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 2nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 13 (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: St. Joseph

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 18; 14.96 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 16

NHTSA FARS 2023