Huron County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 29,021 93.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 886 2.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 106 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 180 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 709 2.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 50 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 16 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 145 0.5%

• Under 18 5,906 19.0%
• 18–24 2,066 6.6%
• 25–44 6,185 19.9%
• 45–64 8,491 27.3%
• 65 and over 8,465 27.2%

Median household income

$61,317

90% interval $56,931–$65,703

−$11,019 vs MI · 52nd of 83

Below poverty line

14.2%

90% interval 12.2%–16.2%

+0.8 pp vs MI · 31st of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.6%

+0.64 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.2B

0.31% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,516

Establishments

1,017

• Education & health services 2,602 22.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,025 17.8%
• Manufacturing 1,583 13.9%
• Natural resources & mining 1,136 10.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 980 8.6%
• Professional & business services 758 6.7%
• Public administration 592 5.2%
• Construction 533 4.7%
• Financial activities 455 4.0%
• Other services 317 2.8%
• Information 211 1.9%
• Unclassified 40 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 99.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.8%

+8.6 pp vs MI · 40th of 83

Median gross rent

$788

−$341 vs MI · 62nd of 83

Owner-occupied

11,577

Renter-occupied

2,573

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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, $78,704/yr) pays 4.1× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,421/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 13,224 69.7%
• Democratic 5,522 29.1%
• Other / third-party 223 1.2%

• Spanish 366 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 265 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 70 0.2%
• Tagalog 59 0.2%
• Vietnamese 57 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 33 0.1%
• Chinese 33 0.1%
• Arabic 15 0.1%
• Korean 9 0.0%

Households

14,150

Family households

8,479

59.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,963

23.2% of families

Single-mother families

455

5.4% of families

Veterans

1,638

6.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,891 21.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,667 21.2%
• Mainline Protestant 2,150 6.8%
• Black Protestant 450 1.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 318 1.0%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.7 pp

56th of 83

With a disability

16.1%

±1 pp

49th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

18.5%

±1.2 pp

−13.9 pp vs MI · 63rd of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 5.9%–7.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

52nd 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

Bad Axe

Traffic fatalities

2

7.93 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2