Marquette County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 60,876 90.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,414 2.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 904 1.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 327 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,840 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 602 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 7 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 142 0.2%

• Under 18 11,749 17.5%
• 18–24 10,634 15.8%
• 25–44 15,765 23.5%
• 45–64 15,330 22.8%
• 65 and over 13,634 20.3%

Median household income

$67,030

90% interval $62,039–$72,021

−$5,306 vs MI · 32nd of 83

Below poverty line

13.4%

90% interval 11.8%–15.0%

+0.0 pp vs MI · 39th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.3%

+0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.6B

0.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,267

Establishments

1,824

• Education & health services 7,077 26.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 5,012 18.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,374 12.5%
• Professional & business services 1,997 7.4%
• Public administration 1,762 6.5%
• Construction 1,462 5.4%
• Natural resources & mining 1,407 5.2%
• Manufacturing 1,225 4.5%
• Financial activities 951 3.5%

The sectors listed cover 90.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.6%

−3.6 pp vs MI · 78th of 83

Median gross rent

$949

−$180 vs MI · 30th of 83

Owner-occupied

19,679

Renter-occupied

8,576

• 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 (Natural resources & mining, $109,876/yr) pays 4.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,015/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 20,866 53.5%
• Republican 17,459 44.8%
• Other / third-party 667 1.7%

• Spanish 560 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 227 0.4%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 166 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 107 0.2%
• Arabic 67 0.1%
• Tagalog 46 0.1%
• Korean 35 0.1%
• Chinese 27 0.0%
• Vietnamese 18 0.0%

Households

28,255

Family households

16,266

57.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,262

26.2% of families

Single-mother families

1,015

6.2% of families

Veterans

4,562

8.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,101 19.8%
• Mainline Protestant 8,016 12.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 6,338 9.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 930 1.4%
• Black Protestant 150 0.2%
• Orthodox 75 0.1%

Health insured

96.6%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.4%

±0.5 pp

77th of 83

With a disability

15.5%

±0.9 pp

56th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

36.8%

±1.7 pp

+4.4 pp vs MI · 14th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.5%

90% interval 4.8%–6.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

25th 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

Marquette

Traffic fatalities

6

10.84 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6