Houghton County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 34,270 90.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 697 1.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 416 1.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,084 2.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 724 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 172 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 327 0.9%

• Under 18 7,459 19.8%
• 18–24 8,304 22.0%
• 25–44 7,714 20.5%
• 45–64 7,441 19.7%
• 65 and over 6,775 18.0%

Median household income

$55,547

90% interval $50,773–$60,321

−$16,789 vs MI · 72nd of 83

Below poverty line

17.4%

90% interval 14.8%–20.0%

+4.0 pp vs MI · 10th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.6B

0.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,656

Establishments

990

• Education & health services 2,830 22.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,012 16.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,615 12.9%
• Manufacturing 938 7.5%
• Construction 897 7.2%
• Professional & business services 848 6.8%
• Public administration 804 6.4%
• Financial activities 495 4.0%
• Other services 372 3.0%
• Information 153 1.2%
• Natural resources & mining 113 0.9%
• Unclassified 26 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 89.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.8%

−1.4 pp vs MI · 75th of 83

Median gross rent

$840

−$289 vs MI · 52nd of 83

Owner-occupied

10,271

Renter-occupied

4,034

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $100,873/yr) pays 4.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,654/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 11,181 57.7%
• Democratic 7,881 40.7%
• Other / third-party 302 1.6%

• Spanish 304 0.8%
• Chinese 268 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 114 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 101 0.3%
• Tagalog 34 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.1%
• Vietnamese 20 0.1%
• Korean 10 0.0%
• Arabic 6 0.0%

Households

14,305

Family households

8,006

56.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,415

30.2% of families

Single-mother families

476

5.9% of families

Veterans

2,008

6.7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.9%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

5.1%

±1.1 pp

44th of 83

With a disability

11.6%

±0.9 pp

78th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

37.2%

±2.5 pp

+4.8 pp vs MI · 12th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.8%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

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 counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

6.62 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2