Jury Pool Profile

Emmet County, Michigan

Republican +11 (2024)

Population: 34,159
Median household income: $73,724
Unemployment: 6.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 30,871 90.4%
Black or African American alone 228 0.7%
Asian alone 130 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 677 2.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
Some other race alone 246 0.7%
Two or more races 1,993 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 683 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 6,236 18.3%
18–24 2,567 7.5%
25–44 7,721 22.6%
45–64 9,359 27.4%
65 and over 8,276 24.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.5%; +1.46 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.6B; 0.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $55,435
Establishments: 1,558

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,684 20.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,601 20.3%
Leisure & hospitality 2,997 16.9%
Manufacturing 1,564 8.8%
Construction 1,501 8.5%
Professional & business services 1,464 8.3%
Public administration 849 4.8%
Other services 682 3.8%
Financial activities 581 3.3%
Information 169 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 120 0.7%
Unclassified 62 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $1,033
Owner-occupied: 11,214
Renter-occupied: 3,390

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,848 votes cast

Republican 12,465 54.6%
Democratic 10,005 43.8%
Other / third-party 378 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 324 1.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 131 0.4%
German 86 0.3%
Other Indo-European 83 0.3%
Other 65 0.2%
Slavic languages 41 0.1%
Chinese 35 0.1%
Korean 18 0.1%
Arabic 10 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 9 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,604
Family households: 9,612; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 7,860
Single-mother households: 523
Veterans: 1,857; 6.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 4,948 14.5%
Evangelical Protestant 3,217 9.4%
Mainline Protestant 1,910 5.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 817 2.4%
Black Protestant 450 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 14.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 57th 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: Petoskey

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 17.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023