Jury Pool Profile

Ingham County, Michigan

Democratic +30 (2024)

Population: 282,015
Median household income: $64,354
Unemployment: 5.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 198,496 70.4%
Black or African American alone 33,264 11.8%
Asian alone 17,670 6.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,228 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 50 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,744 2.0%
Two or more races 25,563 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,396 8.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 33.3

Under 18 55,656 19.7%
18–24 51,443 18.2%
25–44 73,445 26.0%
45–64 60,379 21.4%
65 and over 41,092 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.1%; +0.11 pp vs. state
County GDP: $23.6B; 3.36% of state
Avg. annual pay: $68,532
Establishments: 6,868

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 34,013 21.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 21,028 13.5%
Public administration 19,861 12.8%
Professional & business services 17,108 11.0%
Leisure & hospitality 12,211 7.9%
Manufacturing 10,106 6.5%
Financial activities 9,144 5.9%
Construction 6,106 3.9%
Other services 6,042 3.9%
Information 2,234 1.4%
Natural resources & mining 877 0.6%
Unclassified 329 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 59.5%
Median gross rent: $1,058
Owner-occupied: 69,412
Renter-occupied: 47,154

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 148,012 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 9,168 3.4%
Other Indo-European 5,854 2.2%
Chinese 4,435 1.7%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,672 1.4%
Other 3,665 1.4%
Arabic 1,900 0.7%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,691 0.6%
Vietnamese 1,258 0.5%
Korean 1,192 0.4%
German 994 0.4%
Slavic languages 858 0.3%
Tagalog 493 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 116,566
Family households: 61,406; 52.7% of households
Married w/ children: 44,358
Single-mother households: 6,433
Veterans: 11,013; 4.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 13.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 41.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 30; 13.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023