Lenawee County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 83,433 84.8%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 8,797 8.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,248 2.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 326 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,227 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 102 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 32 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 250 0.3%

• Under 18 20,217 20.5%
• 18–24 8,787 8.9%
• 25–44 23,324 23.7%
• 45–64 26,064 26.5%
• 65 and over 20,023 20.3%

Median household income

$71,849

90% interval $69,119–$74,579

−$487 vs MI · 20th of 83

Below poverty line

9.6%

90% interval 7.8%–11.4%

−3.8 pp vs MI · 68th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.9%

−0.06 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.2B

0.6% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,721

Establishments

2,002

• Education & health services 7,177 27.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,836 18.7%
• Manufacturing 4,321 16.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,598 10.0%
• Public administration 1,457 5.6%
• Financial activities 1,200 4.6%
• Professional & business services 1,052 4.1%
• Construction 1,011 3.9%
• Other services 762 2.9%
• Natural resources & mining 524 2.0%
• Information 268 1.0%
• Unclassified 83 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 97.8% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.6%

+6.4 pp vs MI · 51st of 83

Median gross rent

$987

−$142 vs MI · 24th of 83

Owner-occupied

30,924

Renter-occupied

7,947

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $105,565/yr) pays 5.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,108/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 33,463 60.8%
• Democratic 20,787 37.8%
• Other / third-party 762 1.4%

• Spanish 3,148 3.4%
• German or other West Germanic 410 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 225 0.2%
• Arabic 183 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 164 0.2%
• Korean 47 0.1%
• Chinese 47 0.1%
• Tagalog 44 0.0%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

38,871

Family households

26,132

67.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,134

23.5% of families

Single-mother families

2,004

7.7% of families

Veterans

5,173

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,754 15.8%
• Catholic 9,279 9.3%
• Mainline Protestant 4,866 4.9%
• Black Protestant 2,650 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 878 0.9%

Health insured

95.0%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

5.0%

±0.6 pp

47th of 83

With a disability

14.6%

±0.8 pp

63rd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

22.7%

±1.3 pp

−9.7 pp vs MI · 40th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.1%

90% interval 5.5%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

39th 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

Adrian

Traffic fatalities

23

29.41 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

19