Dickinson County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,956 92.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 511 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 90 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 75 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,034 4.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 108 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 36 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 144 0.6%

• Under 18 5,181 20.0%
• 18–24 1,688 6.5%
• 25–44 5,696 21.9%
• 45–64 7,111 27.4%
• 65 and over 6,278 24.2%

Median household income

$69,360

90% interval $64,302–$74,418

−$2,976 vs MI · 28th of 83

Below poverty line

11.2%

90% interval 8.9%–13.5%

−2.2 pp vs MI · 60th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

−0.38 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,203

Establishments

860

• Education & health services 3,300 24.1%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,820 20.6%
• Manufacturing 2,786 20.3%
• Construction 1,410 10.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,316 9.6%
• Professional & business services 675 4.9%
• Public administration 396 2.9%
• Financial activities 331 2.4%
• Other services 258 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 154 1.1%
• Unclassified 79 0.6%
• Information 74 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.4%

+9.2 pp vs MI · 34th of 83

Median gross rent

$797

−$332 vs MI · 61st of 83

Owner-occupied

9,805

Renter-occupied

2,100

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $93,100/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,776/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 10,324 67.4%
• Democratic 4,763 31.1%
• Other / third-party 224 1.5%

• Spanish 217 0.9%
• Arabic 208 0.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 61 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 59 0.2%
• Tagalog 48 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 46 0.2%
• Chinese 18 0.1%

Households

11,905

Family households

7,493

62.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,854

24.7% of families

Single-mother families

279

3.7% of families

Veterans

2,081

10% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 7,370 28.4%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,007 11.6%
• Mainline Protestant 1,756 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 609 2.3%
• Orthodox 50 0.2%

Health insured

96.3%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

3.7%

±0.9 pp

76th of 83

With a disability

17.7%

±2.1 pp

33rd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

25.3%

±2.4 pp

−7.1 pp vs MI · 27th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.4%

90% interval 3.8%–5.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

41st Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Crystal Falls, Iron Mountain, Menominee

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

14.44 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3