Jury Pool Profile
Gratiot County, Michigan
- County seat
- Ithaca
- Judicial district
- 29th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 41,190
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 41,385.
At a glance
Gratiot County is a 41,190-person venue. The county population is 86% White and 6% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,157, $8,179 below the MI state median of $72,336; 18.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 22.3% of covered employment, average pay $61,002/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.36%, above the 4.98% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 65% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 41,385
- Median household income
- $63,556
- Unemployment
- 5.4%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 86% / 6%.
Gratiot County has a population of 41,385, with a median age of 39.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 86.0%; Black residents 5.8%. Independently, 7.7% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,157; 18.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 14.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, with cells BLS withholds estimated from Census County Business Patterns (private jobs) and the statewide public-sector mix: Education & health services, about 33% of covered jobs.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 22.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.36%, above the Michigan state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 63%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Gratiot County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.0% in 2024, 63.3% in 2020, 60.1% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 5.5% of the adult civilian population (1,844 individuals).