Jury Pool Profile

Charlevoix County, Michigan

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 26,143
Median household income: $76,495
Unemployment: 5.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,483 93.7%
Black or African American alone 137 0.5%
Asian alone 169 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 200 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 131 0.5%
Two or more races 1,023 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 503 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 50

Under 18 4,687 17.9%
18–24 1,744 6.7%
25–44 5,367 20.5%
45–64 7,496 28.7%
65 and over 6,849 26.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.5%; +0.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.24% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,950
Establishments: 900

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,747 25.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,136 19.4%
Education & health services 2,090 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,319 12.0%
Construction 670 6.1%
Public administration 607 5.5%
Professional & business services 516 4.7%
Financial activities 349 3.2%
Other services 266 2.4%
Information 71 0.6%
Natural resources & mining 53 0.5%
Unclassified 36 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.7%
Median gross rent: $929
Owner-occupied: 10,130
Renter-occupied: 2,117

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,659 votes cast

Republican 10,183 57.7%
Democratic 7,197 40.8%
Other / third-party 279 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.1% speak only English at home

German 205 0.8%
Spanish 156 0.6%
Other 87 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 60 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 50 0.2%
Slavic languages 47 0.2%
Vietnamese 40 0.2%
Other Indo-European 27 0.1%
Tagalog 18 0.1%
Arabic 17 0.1%
Chinese 11 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,247
Family households: 8,042; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,445
Single-mother households: 477
Veterans: 1,814; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,329 12.8%
Evangelical Protestant 2,977 11.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,963 7.5%
Black Protestant 700 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 231 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 33rd 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: Charlevoix

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 4.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023