Jury Pool Profile

Leelanau County, Michigan

Democratic +8 (2024)

Population: 22,607
Median household income: $91,943
Unemployment: 4.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 20,448 90.4%
Black or African American alone 85 0.4%
Asian alone 138 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 691 3.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 28 0.1%
Some other race alone 169 0.7%
Two or more races 1,048 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 964 4.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 55.3

Under 18 3,540 15.7%
18–24 1,245 5.5%
25–44 4,056 17.9%
45–64 6,304 27.9%
65 and over 7,462 33.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.9%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.1B; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $48,322
Establishments: 840

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 1,244 18.7%
Education & health services 972 14.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 966 14.5%
Manufacturing 556 8.3%
Construction 545 8.2%
Public administration 540 8.1%
Professional & business services 449 6.7%
Other services 227 3.4%
Financial activities 214 3.2%
Natural resources & mining 173 2.6%
Information 57 0.9%
Unclassified 49 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 90.6%
Median gross rent: $1,223
Owner-occupied: 8,548
Renter-occupied: 891

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,680 votes cast

Democratic 9,406 53.2%
Republican 8,035 45.4%
Other / third-party 239 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 502 2.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 162 0.7%
Other Indo-European 92 0.4%
German 77 0.4%
Other 64 0.3%
Slavic languages 52 0.2%
Arabic 17 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 15 0.1%
Tagalog 5 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 9,439
Family households: 6,618; 70.1% of households
Married w/ children: 5,729
Single-mother households: 250
Veterans: 1,455; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,886 12.9%
Evangelical Protestant 2,033 9.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,773 8.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 27 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 13.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 49.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 13th 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: Bellaire, Suttons Bay Township, Traverse City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 5.24 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023