Ingham County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 188,967 66.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,806 8.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 31,296 11.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 17,609 6.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 18,265 6.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 674 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 43 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,253 0.8%

• Under 18 55,759 19.6%
• 18–24 52,126 18.4%
• 25–44 74,248 26.2%
• 45–64 59,570 21.0%
• 65 and over 42,210 14.9%

Median household income

$66,388

90% interval $61,924–$70,852

−$5,948 vs MI · 34th of 83

Below poverty line

18.1%

90% interval 16.3%–19.9%

+4.7 pp vs MI · 7th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$23.6B

3.36% of state

Avg. annual pay

$71,017

Establishments

7,136

• Education & health services 34,597 22.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 21,479 13.8%
• Public administration 20,372 13.1%
• Professional & business services 16,389 10.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 12,285 7.9%
• Manufacturing 9,439 6.1%
• Financial activities 9,220 5.9%
• Construction 5,972 3.8%
• Other services 5,813 3.7%
• Information 2,043 1.3%
• Natural resources & mining 826 0.5%
• Unclassified 286 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 89.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

59.5%

−13.7 pp vs MI · 83rd of 83

Median gross rent

$1,084

−$45 vs MI · 15th of 83

Owner-occupied

69,627

Renter-occupied

47,469

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 49% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $90,934/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,208/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Democratic 94,542 63.9%
• Republican 50,564 34.2%
• Other / third-party 2,906 2.0%

• Spanish 9,817 3.6%
• Chinese 4,394 1.6%
• Arabic 2,490 0.9%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,839 0.7%
• Vietnamese 1,522 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 1,044 0.4%
• Korean 991 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 839 0.3%
• Tagalog 483 0.2%

Households

117,096

Family households

60,982

52.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

16,303

26.7% of families

Single-mother families

6,035

9.9% of families

Veterans

10,765

4.7% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 40,490 14.2%
• Catholic 34,995 12.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 17,117 6.0%
• Mainline Protestant 14,041 4.9%
• Black Protestant 5,078 1.8%
• Orthodox 1,112 0.4%

Health insured

95.1%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±0.5 pp

48th of 83

With a disability

13.9%

±0.6 pp

69th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

41.2%

±1.1 pp

+8.8 pp vs MI · 6th 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

30th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

7 (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

Mason

Traffic fatalities

21

9.2 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

16