Macomb County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 651,976 74.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 27,877 3.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 111,724 12.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 44,440 5.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 38,961 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,167 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 500 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 3,208 0.4%

• Under 18 181,649 20.6%
• 18–24 68,703 7.8%
• 25–44 229,498 26.1%
• 45–64 239,135 27.2%
• 65 and over 160,868 18.3%

Median household income

$77,928

90% interval $75,430–$80,426

+$5,592 vs MI · 15th of 83

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 9.9%–11.7%

−2.6 pp vs MI · 63rd of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$54.2B

7.71% of state

Avg. annual pay

$72,038

Establishments

20,370

• Trade, transportation & utilities 64,927 19.6%
• Education & health services 61,786 18.6%
• Manufacturing 60,825 18.3%
• Professional & business services 53,203 16.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 32,543 9.8%
• Construction 18,024 5.4%
• Public administration 14,905 4.5%
• Financial activities 9,592 2.9%
• Other services 9,385 2.8%
• Information 2,065 0.6%
• Natural resources & mining 1,329 0.4%
• Unclassified 1,100 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

75.0%

+1.8 pp vs MI · 69th of 83

Median gross rent

$1,211

+$82 vs MI · 7th of 83

Owner-occupied

269,056

Renter-occupied

89,612

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 57% 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 (Professional & business services, $114,773/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $25,582/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 284,660 55.9%
• Democratic 214,977 42.2%
• Other / third-party 9,419 1.9%

• Arabic 22,769 2.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 16,720 2.0%
• Spanish 12,800 1.5%
• Tagalog 4,199 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 2,846 0.3%
• Chinese 2,699 0.3%
• Vietnamese 2,507 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,148 0.1%
• Korean 1,132 0.1%

Households

358,668

Family households

227,694

63.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

61,146

26.9% of families

Single-mother families

20,474

9.0% of families

Veterans

35,548

5.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 194,399 22.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 70,437 8.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 29,601 3.4%
• Mainline Protestant 12,690 1.4%
• Orthodox 10,668 1.2%
• Black Protestant 8,724 1.0%

Health insured

95.1%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±0.3 pp

50th of 83

With a disability

14.0%

±0.3 pp

68th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

27.7%

±0.5 pp

−4.7 pp vs MI · 22nd of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.2%

90% interval 5.7%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

16th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

12 (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

Mt. Clemens

Traffic fatalities

70

10.03 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

68