Jury Pool Profile

Branch County, Michigan

Republican +42 (2024)

Population: 44,914
Median household income: $61,958
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 40,123 89.3%
Black or African American alone 865 1.9%
Asian alone 219 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 131 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 889 2.0%
Two or more races 2,687 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,811 6.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.8

Under 18 10,559 23.5%
18–24 3,330 7.4%
25–44 10,731 23.9%
45–64 11,765 26.2%
65 and over 8,529 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; -0.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.9B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,639
Establishments: 869

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,026 26.4%
Manufacturing 3,704 24.3%
Education & health services 2,491 16.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,760 11.5%
Professional & business services 597 3.9%
Financial activities 551 3.6%
Public administration 532 3.5%
Construction 487 3.2%
Other services 333 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 239 1.6%
Information 84 0.6%
Unclassified 22 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $900
Owner-occupied: 13,113
Renter-occupied: 3,809

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,088 votes cast

Republican 14,848 70.4%
Democratic 5,911 28.0%
Other / third-party 329 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,810 4.3%
Arabic 1,605 3.8%
German 1,603 3.8%
Other Indo-European 119 0.3%
Tagalog 48 0.1%
Slavic languages 38 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 23 0.1%
Other 22 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 20 0.0%
Chinese 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,922
Family households: 10,781; 63.7% of households
Married w/ children: 8,245
Single-mother households: 899
Veterans: 2,300; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 7,569 16.9%
Catholic 4,756 10.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,648 3.7%
Black Protestant 700 1.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 559 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.9%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 15th 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: Coldwater

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 2.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023