Jury Pool Profile
Manistee County, Michigan
Republican +16 (2024)
- Population
- 25,247
- Median household income
- $60,879
- Unemployment
- 6.8%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 22,541 89.3%
- Black or African American alone 869 3.4%
- Asian alone 96 0.4%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 324 1.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
- Some other race alone 83 0.3%
- Two or more races 1,329 5.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 882 3.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 50.3
- Under 18 4,261 16.9%
- 18–24 1,648 6.5%
- 25–44 5,294 21.0%
- 45–64 7,135 28.3%
- 65 and over 6,909 27.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.8%
- +1.8 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.2B
- 0.17% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $51,233
- Establishments
- 602
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,539 21.1%
- Education & health services 1,105 15.2%
- Manufacturing 1,058 14.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 886 12.2%
- Construction 315 4.3%
- Other services 237 3.3%
- Professional & business services 202 2.8%
- Financial activities 166 2.3%
- Natural resources & mining 103 1.4%
- Public administration 55 0.8%
- Information 41 0.6%
- Unclassified 3 0.0%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 85.9%
- Median gross rent
- $820
- Owner-occupied
- 8,865
- Renter-occupied
- 1,459
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 15,296 votes cast
- Republican 8,748 57.2%
- Democratic 6,309 41.2%
- Other / third-party 239 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
96.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 422 1.7%
- German 148 0.6%
- Other 130 0.5%
- Other Indo-European 107 0.4%
- Slavic languages 50 0.2%
- Arabic 38 0.2%
- Vietnamese 37 0.2%
- French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
- Tagalog 12 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
- Korean 1 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 10,324
- Family households
- 6,393
- 61.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,151
- Single-mother households
- 350
- Veterans
- 1,839
- 8.8% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
23.3% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 2,164 8.6%
- Catholic 2,079 8.3%
- Mainline Protestant 1,381 5.5%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 203 0.8%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 95.8%
- With a disability
- 19.3%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 23.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 19th Judicial Circuit Court
- Judges
- 1 (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
- Beulah, Manistee
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 6
- 28.59 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 6
NHTSA FARS 2023