Jury Pool Profile

Gratiot County, Michigan

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 41,478
Median household income: $61,128
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,259 87.4%
Black or African American alone 2,268 5.5%
Asian alone 168 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 125 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 618 1.5%
Two or more races 2,040 4.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,134 7.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.7

Under 18 8,093 19.5%
18–24 4,851 11.7%
25–44 10,916 26.3%
45–64 10,366 25.0%
65 and over 7,252 17.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.0B; 0.28% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,845
Establishments: 794

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,578 29.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,524 20.4%
Manufacturing 1,751 14.2%
Leisure & hospitality 710 5.7%
Natural resources & mining 697 5.6%
Professional & business services 677 5.5%
Financial activities 381 3.1%
Construction 288 2.3%
Other services 282 2.3%
Information 46 0.4%
Unclassified 17 0.1%
Public administration 10 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.9%
Median gross rent: $808
Owner-occupied: 11,442
Renter-occupied: 3,069

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,848 votes cast

Republican 12,894 65.0%
Democratic 6,682 33.7%
Other / third-party 272 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,185 3.0%
German 151 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 146 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 69 0.2%
Korean 60 0.2%
Chinese 52 0.1%
Other Indo-European 49 0.1%
Arabic 36 0.1%
Other 31 0.1%
Slavic languages 8 0.0%
Tagalog 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 14,511
Family households: 9,755; 67.2% of households
Married w/ children: 7,455
Single-mother households: 1,013
Veterans: 1,792; 5.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

24.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,201 14.8%
Catholic 1,918 4.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,587 3.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 347 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 15.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 29th 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: Ithaca, St. Johns

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 20.97 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023