Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Michigan

Republican +21 (2024)

Population: 160,187
Median household income: $65,004
Unemployment: 5.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 134,365 83.9%
Black or African American alone 12,267 7.7%
Asian alone 1,230 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 339 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 15 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,357 0.8%
Two or more races 10,614 6.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,352 4.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 33,814 21.1%
18–24 14,002 8.7%
25–44 39,997 25.0%
45–64 42,644 26.6%
65 and over 29,730 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.6%; +0.55 pp vs. state
County GDP: $9.1B; 1.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,139
Establishments: 3,104

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 13,275 23.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 11,561 20.7%
Manufacturing 9,250 16.5%
Professional & business services 5,827 10.4%
Leisure & hospitality 5,174 9.2%
Public administration 3,533 6.3%
Construction 2,405 4.3%
Financial activities 2,111 3.8%
Other services 1,765 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 333 0.6%
Unclassified 191 0.3%
Information 148 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.0%
Median gross rent: $958
Owner-occupied: 46,556
Renter-occupied: 15,478

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 83,803 votes cast

Republican 50,199 59.9%
Democratic 32,348 38.6%
Other / third-party 1,256 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,324 1.5%
Other Indo-European 864 0.6%
Slavic languages 382 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 338 0.2%
Other 324 0.2%
Arabic 297 0.2%
German 235 0.2%
Chinese 120 0.1%
Tagalog 99 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 81 0.1%
Korean 66 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 62,034
Family households: 38,923; 62.7% of households
Married w/ children: 28,317
Single-mother households: 4,054
Veterans: 8,724; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,931 11.8%
Catholic 16,015 10.0%
Mainline Protestant 6,531 4.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,899 1.2%
Black Protestant 1,510 0.9%
Orthodox 80 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 4th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Jackson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 29; 22.95 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 28

NHTSA FARS 2023