Cheboygan County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,010 89.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 440 1.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 238 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 141 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,391 5.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 580 2.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 62 0.2%

• Under 18 3,968 15.3%
• 18–24 1,793 6.9%
• 25–44 5,145 19.9%
• 45–64 7,465 28.9%
• 65 and over 7,494 29.0%

Median household income

$58,842

90% interval $53,914–$63,770

−$13,494 vs MI · 60th of 83

Below poverty line

12.5%

90% interval 10.0%–15.0%

−0.9 pp vs MI · 45th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.4%

+3.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$911.7M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$51,051

Establishments

844

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,592 26.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,146 18.7%
• Education & health services 1,080 17.6%
• Construction 674 11.0%
• Manufacturing 258 4.2%
• Financial activities 248 4.0%
• Professional & business services 222 3.6%
• Other services 219 3.6%
• Public administration 113 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 71 1.2%
• Unclassified 24 0.4%
• Information 9 0.1%

The sectors listed cover 92.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.6%

+12.4 pp vs MI · 23rd of 83

Median gross rent

$773

−$356 vs MI · 63rd of 83

Owner-occupied

9,556

Renter-occupied

1,603

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $88,344/yr) pays 2.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $30,519/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 7.3 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 10,653 64.9%
• Democratic 5,543 33.8%
• Other / third-party 227 1.4%

• Spanish 338 1.4%
• German or other West Germanic 97 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 90 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.1%
• Arabic 30 0.1%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

11,159

Family households

6,988

62.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,356

19.4% of families

Single-mother families

426

6.1% of families

Veterans

2,037

9.3% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 2,522 9.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,349 9.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,748 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 305 1.2%

Health insured

94.1%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.9%

±1 pp

28th of 83

With a disability

19.2%

±1.7 pp

20th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

24.4%

±1.9 pp

−8.0 pp vs MI · 31st of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.3%

90% interval 7.4%–9.2% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

53rd 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

Cheboygan, Rogers City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0