Jury Pool Profile

Marquette County, Michigan

Democratic +9 (2024)

Population: 66,430
Median household income: $64,675
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 60,774 91.5%
Black or African American alone 977 1.5%
Asian alone 367 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 733 1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 177 0.3%
Two or more races 3,392 5.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,345 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 11,850 17.8%
18–24 10,142 15.3%
25–44 15,494 23.3%
45–64 15,645 23.6%
65 and over 13,299 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +0.96 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.6B; 0.51% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,658
Establishments: 1,762

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 6,988 26.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 5,095 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 3,456 13.1%
Professional & business services 1,997 7.6%
Public administration 1,479 5.6%
Construction 1,461 5.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,354 5.1%
Manufacturing 1,185 4.5%
Financial activities 937 3.6%
Other services 860 3.3%
Information 249 0.9%
Unclassified 72 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 71.2%
Median gross rent: $923
Owner-occupied: 19,863
Renter-occupied: 8,024

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 38,992 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 475 0.7%
German 250 0.4%
Other Indo-European 199 0.3%
Other 182 0.3%
Slavic languages 179 0.3%
Arabic 61 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 60 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 49 0.1%
Tagalog 39 0.1%
Korean 36 0.1%
Chinese 29 0.0%
Vietnamese 21 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,887
Family households: 16,392; 58.8% of households
Married w/ children: 13,387
Single-mother households: 949
Veterans: 4,835; 8.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.3% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.3%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 35.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 3.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023