Jury Pool Profile

Clare County, Michigan

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 31,109
Median household income: $49,805
Unemployment: 8.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,356 94.4%
Black or African American alone 190 0.6%
Asian alone 111 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 139 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 213 0.7%
Two or more races 1,100 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 684 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 48.3

Under 18 6,166 19.8%
18–24 1,992 6.4%
25–44 6,367 20.5%
45–64 8,892 28.6%
65 and over 7,692 24.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.1%; +3.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,949
Establishments: 623

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,058 28.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,338 18.4%
Leisure & hospitality 933 12.8%
Manufacturing 924 12.7%
Professional & business services 475 6.5%
Other services 408 5.6%
Construction 391 5.4%
Public administration 367 5.1%
Financial activities 126 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 99 1.4%
Unclassified 20 0.3%
Information 9 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.2%
Median gross rent: $743
Owner-occupied: 10,473
Renter-occupied: 1,677

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,288 votes cast

Republican 11,772 68.1%
Democratic 5,273 30.5%
Other / third-party 243 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.2% speak only English at home

German 1,442 4.9%
Spanish 143 0.5%
Chinese 44 0.1%
Other 25 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Tagalog 10 0.0%
Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,150
Family households: 7,560; 62.2% of households
Married w/ children: 5,831
Single-mother households: 616
Veterans: 2,397; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

32.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,001 19.4%
Catholic 2,394 7.8%
Mainline Protestant 766 2.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 564 1.8%
Black Protestant 150 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 88.3%
With a disability: 23.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 13.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 55th 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: Gladwin, Harrison

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 36.08 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023