Jury Pool Profile

Chippewa County, Michigan

Republican +24 (2024)

Population: 36,448
Median household income: $60,631
Unemployment: 7.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 24,783 68.0%
Black or African American alone 2,106 5.8%
Asian alone 334 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 4,788 13.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 23 0.1%
Some other race alone 386 1.1%
Two or more races 4,028 11.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 802 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 6,585 18.1%
18–24 4,297 11.8%
25–44 9,215 25.3%
45–64 9,379 25.7%
65 and over 6,972 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 7.4%; +2.34 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,748
Establishments: 842

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Public administration 3,185 24.9%
Education & health services 2,509 19.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,209 17.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,132 8.8%
Professional & business services 661 5.2%
Construction 652 5.1%
Manufacturing 589 4.6%
Financial activities 348 2.7%
Other services 211 1.6%
Information 47 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 36 0.3%
Unclassified 32 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.7%
Median gross rent: $793
Owner-occupied: 10,223
Renter-occupied: 3,644

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 18,363 votes cast

Republican 11,249 61.3%
Democratic 6,796 37.0%
Other / third-party 318 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 394 1.1%
Other 234 0.7%
German 184 0.5%
Other Indo-European 180 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 129 0.4%
Arabic 88 0.3%
Chinese 72 0.2%
Vietnamese 71 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.2%
Tagalog 40 0.1%
Slavic languages 4 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,867
Family households: 8,387; 60.5% of households
Married w/ children: 6,337
Single-mother households: 884
Veterans: 2,536; 8.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,594 12.5%
Evangelical Protestant 3,055 8.3%
Mainline Protestant 1,833 5.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 511 1.4%
Black Protestant 30 0.1%
Orthodox 30 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.4%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 50th 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: Sault Ste. Marie

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 10.05 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023