Jury Pool Profile
Houghton County, Michigan
Republican +17 (2024)
- Population
- 37,428
- Median household income
- $56,573
- Unemployment
- 5.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 34,345 91.8%
- Black or African American alone 423 1.1%
- Asian alone 1,044 2.8%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 213 0.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 4 0.0%
- Some other race alone 460 1.2%
- Two or more races 939 2.5%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 676 1.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 32.3
- Under 18 7,449 19.9%
- 18–24 8,218 22.0%
- 25–44 7,621 20.4%
- 45–64 7,503 20.0%
- 65 and over 6,637 17.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 5.8%
- +0.81 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.6B
- 0.23% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $54,867
- Establishments
- 949
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 2,822 23.3%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,969 16.2%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,539 12.7%
- Manufacturing 939 7.7%
- Professional & business services 822 6.8%
- Public administration 791 6.5%
- Construction 788 6.5%
- Financial activities 488 4.0%
- Other services 351 2.9%
- Information 130 1.1%
- Natural resources & mining 103 0.8%
- Unclassified 22 0.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 71.2%
- Median gross rent
- $767
- Owner-occupied
- 10,147
- Renter-occupied
- 4,104
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 19,364 votes cast
- Republican 11,181 57.7%
- Democratic 7,881 40.7%
- Other / third-party 302 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
93.2% speak only English at home
- Other Indo-European 726 2.0%
- Other 389 1.1%
- Spanish 337 0.9%
- Chinese 293 0.8%
- Other Asian/Pacific 272 0.8%
- Slavic languages 114 0.3%
- German 92 0.3%
- Korean 82 0.2%
- Arabic 54 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 31 0.1%
- Tagalog 27 0.1%
- Vietnamese 4 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 14,251
- Family households
- 7,862
- 55.2% of households
- Married w/ children
- 6,259
- Single-mother households
- 496
- Veterans
- 2,020
- 6.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
36.1% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 7,134 19.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,954 7.9%
- Mainline Protestant 2,581 6.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 779 2.1%
- Orthodox 50 0.1%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 94.0%
- With a disability
- 11.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 36.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 12th 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
- Eagle River, Houghton, L'Anse
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 6.67 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023