Jury Pool Profile

Delta County, Michigan

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 36,829
Median household income: $54,829
Unemployment: 6.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 33,411 90.7%
Black or African American alone 96 0.3%
Asian alone 103 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 633 1.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 123 0.3%
Two or more races 2,462 6.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 552 1.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.8

Under 18 7,150 19.4%
18–24 2,438 6.6%
25–44 7,663 20.8%
45–64 10,157 27.6%
65 and over 9,421 25.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.7%; +1.69 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,978
Establishments: 1,044

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,030 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,012 21.8%
Manufacturing 1,988 14.4%
Leisure & hospitality 1,389 10.0%
Professional & business services 1,081 7.8%
Other services 885 6.4%
Construction 639 4.6%
Financial activities 485 3.5%
Information 242 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 192 1.4%
Public administration 116 0.8%
Unclassified 28 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.6%
Median gross rent: $698
Owner-occupied: 12,502
Renter-occupied: 3,398

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 21,874 votes cast

Republican 14,109 64.5%
Democratic 7,462 34.1%
Other / third-party 303 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 179 0.5%
German 87 0.2%
Other Indo-European 37 0.1%
Slavic languages 35 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 33 0.1%
Tagalog 32 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 30 0.1%
Other 13 0.0%
Arabic 11 0.0%
Chinese 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,900
Family households: 10,003; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 8,240
Single-mother households: 553
Veterans: 3,114; 10.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 13,573 36.8%
Mainline Protestant 3,812 10.3%
Evangelical Protestant 3,104 8.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 653 1.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 47th 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: Escanaba

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 23.59 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023