Jury Pool Profile

Kalamazoo County, Michigan

Democratic +18 (2024)

Population: 261,437
Median household income: $70,525
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 200,753 76.8%
Black or African American alone 28,836 11.0%
Asian alone 7,060 2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 806 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 55 0.0%
Some other race alone 4,897 1.9%
Two or more races 19,030 7.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 15,121 5.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.9

Under 18 56,263 21.5%
18–24 39,127 15.0%
25–44 67,305 25.7%
45–64 57,447 22.0%
65 and over 41,295 15.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; -0.2 pp vs. state
County GDP: $20.7B; 2.95% of state
Avg. annual pay: $65,730
Establishments: 5,972

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 31,898 26.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 21,480 17.8%
Manufacturing 21,198 17.6%
Leisure & hospitality 12,898 10.7%
Professional & business services 11,835 9.8%
Construction 6,522 5.4%
Financial activities 5,118 4.2%
Other services 4,024 3.3%
Public administration 2,973 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,509 1.3%
Information 935 0.8%
Unclassified 249 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.0%
Median gross rent: $1,049
Owner-occupied: 67,948
Renter-occupied: 38,303

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 145,646 votes cast

Democratic 84,501 58.0%
Republican 58,671 40.3%
Other / third-party 2,474 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 7,861 3.2%
Other Indo-European 3,500 1.4%
Arabic 1,893 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 1,503 0.6%
Other 1,174 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,055 0.4%
German 833 0.3%
Chinese 707 0.3%
Slavic languages 685 0.3%
Vietnamese 352 0.1%
Tagalog 352 0.1%
Korean 263 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 106,251
Family households: 63,264; 59.5% of households
Married w/ children: 47,300
Single-mother households: 6,914
Veterans: 11,994; 5.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 35,804 13.7%
Catholic 31,535 12.1%
Mainline Protestant 21,033 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 8,582 3.3%
Black Protestant 4,902 1.9%
Orthodox 250 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 40.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 9th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Kalamazoo

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 44; 21.45 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 41

NHTSA FARS 2023