Jury Pool Profile

Crawford County, Michigan

Republican +33.7 (2024)

County seat: Grayling
Judicial district: 46th Judicial Circuit Court
Population (July 2025 estimate): 13,722; Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 13,369.

At a glance

Crawford County is a 13,722-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $57,605, $14,731 below the MI state median of $72,336; 20.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 21.0% of covered employment, average pay $44,958/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.72%, above the 4.98% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 66% of the vote across the three.

Population: 13,369
Median household income: $60,392
Unemployment: 6.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 0%.

Crawford County has a population of 13,369, with a median age of 51.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.2%; Black residents 0.4%. Independently, 2.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $57,605; 20.3% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity

White (non-Hispanic) 12,232 91.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 326 2.4%
Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 53 0.4%
Asian (non-Hispanic) 111 0.8%
Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 553 4.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 32 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
Some other race (non-Hispanic) 62 0.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 51.6

Under 18 2,334 17.5%
18–24 719 5.4%
25–44 2,755 20.6%
45–64 3,916 29.3%
65 and over 3,645 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty

Median household income: $57,605; 90% interval $51,591–$63,619; −$14,731 vs MI · 67th of 83
Below poverty line: 14.4%; 90% interval 11.5%–17.3%; +1.0 pp vs MI · 28th of 83

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Healthcare & education anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 31% of covered jobs.

Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 21.0% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.72%, above the Michigan state average.

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.7%; +1.74 pp vs. state
County GDP: $562.6M; 0.08% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,297
Establishments: 284

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 855 21.0%
Education & health services 807 19.9%
Manufacturing 626 15.4%
Leisure & hospitality 511 12.6%
Professional & business services 154 3.8%
Other services 154 3.8%
Public administration 108 2.7%
Financial activities 62 1.5%

The sectors listed cover 80.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing

Home ownership: 79.6%; +6.4 pp vs MI · 50th of 83
Median gross rent: $862; −$267 vs MI · 47th of 83
Owner-occupied: 4,962
Renter-occupied: 1,269

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads

Moderately concentrated

Top three sectors employ 56% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.
Wide wage spread

Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $98,337/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,050/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.
Mixed business scale

Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 65%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Crawford County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 66.2% in 2024, 64.7% in 2020, 63.7% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,476 votes cast

Republican
Democratic

Republican 5,613 66.2%
Democratic 2,752 32.5%
Other / third-party 111 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 1.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

1.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 10.9% of the adult civilian population (1,196 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

98.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 65 0.5%
Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 40 0.3%
German or other West Germanic 17 0.1%
French, Haitian, or Cajun 13 0.1%
Korean 3 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition

Households: 6,231
Family households: 3,819; 61.3% of households
Married couples w/ children: 646; 16.9% of families
Single-mother families: 342; 9.0% of families
Veterans: 1,196; 10.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

13.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 863 6.6%
Mainline Protestant 473 3.6%
Catholic 359 2.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.9%; ±1.5 pp
Uninsured: 5.1%; ±1.5 pp; 42nd of 83
With a disability: 23.9%; ±2.2 pp; 6th of 83
Bachelor's or higher: 20.3%; ±2.2 pp; −12.1 pp vs MI · 55th of 83
Uninsured, under 65 (2024): 7.3%; 90% interval 6.4%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 46th 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: Gaylord, Grayling, Kalkaska

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Crawford totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 1 recorded death, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities: 1; 9.06 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2024

Presidential vote share by year
Year	Republican	Democratic
2016	63.7%	30.9%
2020	64.7%	34.0%
2024	66.2%	32.5%