Jury Pool Profile

Eaton County, Michigan

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 109,000
Median household income: $78,025
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 89,972 82.5%
Black or African American alone 7,631 7.0%
Asian alone 2,405 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 333 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,759 1.6%
Two or more races 6,885 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,718 6.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 22,524 20.7%
18–24 8,758 8.0%
25–44 27,852 25.6%
45–64 28,514 26.2%
65 and over 21,352 19.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.4B; 1.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,862
Establishments: 2,107

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 11,518 25.9%
Manufacturing 7,983 17.9%
Education & health services 5,721 12.9%
Financial activities 5,223 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 3,995 9.0%
Public administration 2,720 6.1%
Professional & business services 2,262 5.1%
Other services 1,565 3.5%
Construction 1,555 3.5%
Information 550 1.2%
Natural resources & mining 459 1.0%
Unclassified 120 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.2%
Median gross rent: $1,042
Owner-occupied: 33,492
Renter-occupied: 11,623

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 65,171 votes cast

Republican 33,102 50.8%
Democratic 31,056 47.7%
Other / third-party 1,013 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,678 2.6%
Other Indo-European 782 0.8%
German 763 0.7%
Other 675 0.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 498 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 464 0.4%
Vietnamese 424 0.4%
Arabic 291 0.3%
Slavic languages 185 0.2%
Chinese 111 0.1%
Tagalog 67 0.1%
Korean 54 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 45,115
Family households: 28,624; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 22,503
Single-mother households: 1,941
Veterans: 6,272; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

27.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 19,776 18.1%
Catholic 5,521 5.1%
Mainline Protestant 4,048 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 724 0.7%
Black Protestant 198 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.8%
With a disability: 15.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 56th 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: Charlotte

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 15.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023