Clinton County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 69,548 87.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,147 5.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,460 1.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,226 1.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,703 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 125 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 410 0.5%

• Under 18 17,005 21.4%
• 18–24 6,496 8.2%
• 25–44 19,777 24.8%
• 45–64 21,377 26.8%
• 65 and over 14,971 18.8%

Median household income

$90,150

90% interval $82,223–$98,077

+$17,814 vs MI · 5th of 83

Below poverty line

8.4%

90% interval 7.3%–9.5%

−5.0 pp vs MI · 76th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

−1.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.2B

0.45% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,681

Establishments

1,523

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,481 23.9%
• Education & health services 3,569 19.0%
• Construction 2,194 11.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,978 10.6%
• Manufacturing 1,572 8.4%
• Professional & business services 1,559 8.3%
• Other services 901 4.8%
• Financial activities 854 4.6%
• Natural resources & mining 802 4.3%
• Public administration 543 2.9%
• Unclassified 104 0.6%
• Information 89 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 99.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.2%

+9.0 pp vs MI · 35th of 83

Median gross rent

$1,092

−$37 vs MI · 13th of 83

Owner-occupied

26,005

Renter-occupied

5,634

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $82,000/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,364/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 26,751 53.5%
• Democratic 22,450 44.9%
• Other / third-party 760 1.5%

• Spanish 1,411 1.9%
• German or other West Germanic 442 0.6%
• Chinese 340 0.4%
• Korean 142 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 112 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 107 0.1%
• Arabic 82 0.1%
• Vietnamese 34 0.0%
• Tagalog 22 0.0%

Households

31,639

Family households

21,030

66.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,212

29.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,462

7.0% of families

Veterans

4,074

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,481 17.0%
• Evangelical Protestant 7,389 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 4,098 5.2%
• Black Protestant 1,000 1.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 559 0.7%

Health insured

97.1%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

2.9%

±0.6 pp

82nd of 83

With a disability

12.9%

±0.8 pp

72nd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

35.4%

±1.6 pp

+3.0 pp vs MI · 16th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.1%

90% interval 3.7%–4.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

29th 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

Ithaca, St. Johns

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

11

17.57 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

10