Jury Pool Profile

Grand Traverse County, Michigan

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 95,757
Median household income: $79,486
Unemployment: 4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 88,560 92.5%
Black or African American alone 845 0.9%
Asian alone 637 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 734 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 13 0.0%
Some other race alone 543 0.6%
Two or more races 4,425 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,138 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 18,818 19.7%
18–24 7,224 7.5%
25–44 23,575 24.6%
45–64 25,762 26.9%
65 and over 20,378 21.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.3%; -0.7 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.5B; 1.06% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,257
Establishments: 3,762

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,072 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 10,271 19.8%
Leisure & hospitality 6,789 13.1%
Manufacturing 4,503 8.7%
Professional & business services 3,561 6.9%
Construction 3,190 6.1%
Financial activities 2,923 5.6%
Other services 1,858 3.6%
Public administration 1,506 2.9%
Information 769 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 508 1.0%
Unclassified 183 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.5%
Median gross rent: $1,215
Owner-occupied: 30,302
Renter-occupied: 9,294

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 62,760 votes cast

Republican 31,423 50.1%
Democratic 30,339 48.3%
Other / third-party 998 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,220 1.3%
Slavic languages 296 0.3%
German 263 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 134 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 113 0.1%
Other Indo-European 112 0.1%
Chinese 84 0.1%
Vietnamese 69 0.1%
Other 57 0.1%
Tagalog 55 0.1%
Arabic 12 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 39,596
Family households: 24,688; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 19,836
Single-mother households: 1,583
Veterans: 5,561; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 11,818 12.4%
Catholic 10,402 10.9%
Mainline Protestant 4,672 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,510 1.6%
Black Protestant 300 0.3%
Orthodox 95 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.7%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Bellaire, Suttons Bay Township, Traverse City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 22.1 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 15

NHTSA FARS 2023