Jury Pool Profile

Lapeer County, Michigan

Republican +40 (2024)

Population: 88,703
Median household income: $76,228
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 81,293 91.6%
Black or African American alone 1,043 1.2%
Asian alone 226 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 219 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,422 1.6%
Two or more races 4,500 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,394 5.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.6

Under 18 17,871 20.1%
18–24 6,745 7.6%
25–44 20,122 22.7%
45–64 26,626 30.0%
65 and over 17,339 19.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.3 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.3B; 0.46% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,778
Establishments: 1,724

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,738 21.6%
Education & health services 4,476 20.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,956 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,314 10.5%
Professional & business services 1,646 7.5%
Construction 1,273 5.8%
Public administration 889 4.0%
Other services 753 3.4%
Financial activities 651 3.0%
Natural resources & mining 398 1.8%
Information 179 0.8%
Unclassified 88 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.0%
Median gross rent: $959
Owner-occupied: 29,644
Renter-occupied: 4,835

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 55,435 votes cast

Republican 38,398 69.3%
Democratic 16,338 29.5%
Other / third-party 699 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,467 2.9%
Other Indo-European 340 0.4%
Slavic languages 326 0.4%
German 234 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 68 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 52 0.1%
Arabic 38 0.0%
Tagalog 35 0.0%
Other 27 0.0%
Chinese 23 0.0%
Vietnamese 15 0.0%
Korean 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,479
Family households: 24,835; 72.0% of households
Married w/ children: 19,920
Single-mother households: 1,729
Veterans: 5,728; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,311 11.6%
Catholic 9,831 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,390 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 747 0.8%
Black Protestant 150 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.6%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 40th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 2 (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: Lapeer

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 18.35 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023