Iosco County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,131 91.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 719 2.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 232 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 198 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 927 3.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 38 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 102 0.4%

• Under 18 4,308 17.0%
• 18–24 1,473 5.8%
• 25–44 4,711 18.6%
• 45–64 6,983 27.5%
• 65 and over 7,872 31.1%

Median household income

$58,092

90% interval $54,737–$61,447

−$14,244 vs MI · 65th of 83

Below poverty line

14.4%

90% interval 11.8%–17.0%

+1.0 pp vs MI · 29th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.5%

+2.47 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.3B

0.18% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,063

Establishments

644

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,650 34.8%
• Education & health services 1,480 19.4%
• Manufacturing 851 11.2%
• Leisure & hospitality 747 9.8%
• Public administration 564 7.4%
• Construction 330 4.3%
• Professional & business services 315 4.1%
• Other services 224 2.9%
• Financial activities 216 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 73 1.0%
• Information 54 0.7%
• Unclassified 17 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 98.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.1%

+8.9 pp vs MI · 36th of 83

Median gross rent

$719

−$410 vs MI · 68th of 83

Owner-occupied

9,613

Renter-occupied

2,100

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $77,966/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,259/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 10,155 64.6%
• Democratic 5,344 34.0%
• Other / third-party 232 1.5%

• Spanish 363 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 90 0.4%
• Tagalog 51 0.2%
• Arabic 48 0.2%
• Chinese 44 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 30 0.1%
• Korean 22 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 19 0.1%
• Vietnamese 2 0.0%

Households

11,713

Family households

6,592

56.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,080

16.4% of families

Single-mother families

524

7.9% of families

Veterans

2,399

11.4% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,528 14.0%
• Catholic 2,472 9.8%
• Mainline Protestant 1,503 6.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 401 1.6%

Health insured

95.4%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±0.7 pp

61st of 83

With a disability

20.4%

±1 pp

14th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

19.3%

±1.6 pp

−13.1 pp vs MI · 59th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.3%

90% interval 6.4%–8.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

23rd Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Harrisville, Mio, Standish, Tawas City

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

14.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3