Jury Pool Profile

Kent County, Michigan

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 658,844
Median household income: $80,390
Unemployment: 4.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 486,762 73.9%
Black or African American alone 62,581 9.5%
Asian alone 20,340 3.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,631 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 99 0.0%
Some other race alone 22,242 3.4%
Two or more races 64,189 9.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 75,849 11.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.7

Under 18 156,293 23.7%
18–24 61,430 9.3%
25–44 191,283 29.0%
45–64 154,354 23.4%
65 and over 95,484 14.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.5%; -0.48 pp vs. state
County GDP: $60.3B; 8.59% of state
Avg. annual pay: $62,288
Establishments: 17,705

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 93,082 22.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 78,689 18.9%
Professional & business services 73,911 17.8%
Manufacturing 62,796 15.1%
Leisure & hospitality 36,547 8.8%
Construction 20,290 4.9%
Financial activities 19,568 4.7%
Other services 13,090 3.1%
Public administration 8,075 1.9%
Information 4,287 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 2,839 0.7%
Unclassified 1,175 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.4%
Median gross rent: $1,176
Owner-occupied: 179,313
Renter-occupied: 75,547

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 371,722 votes cast

Democratic 192,668 51.8%
Republican 172,720 46.5%
Other / third-party 6,334 1.7%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 44,371 7.2%
Other 6,216 1.0%
Other Indo-European 5,716 0.9%
Vietnamese 3,770 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 3,572 0.6%
Slavic languages 3,538 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,426 0.4%
Chinese 2,314 0.4%
Arabic 2,187 0.4%
German 2,106 0.3%
Korean 1,269 0.2%
Tagalog 560 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 254,860
Family households: 166,360; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 127,507
Single-mother households: 15,525
Veterans: 26,119; 5.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.9% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 110,221 16.8%
Catholic 99,605 15.1%
Mainline Protestant 40,753 6.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 19,473 3.0%
Black Protestant 10,677 1.6%
Orthodox 1,691 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 10.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 39.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 17th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 10 (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: Grand Rapids

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 64; 12.74 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 60

NHTSA FARS 2023