Jury Pool Profile
Mason County, Michigan
- County seat
- Ludington
- Judicial district
- 51st Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 29,040
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 29,207.
At a glance
Mason County is a 29,040-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $64,623, $7,713 below the MI state median of $72,336; 26.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest published sector is Trade, transportation & utilities, at 19.8% of covered employment, average pay $46,733/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.06%, above the 4.98% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 58% to 60% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 29,207
- Median household income
- $64,748
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 1%.
Mason County has a population of 29,207, with a median age of 47.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.6%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 4.9% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $64,623; 26.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 11.7% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Trade, transportation & utilities about 2,070, Education & health services about 2,040.
Trade, transportation & utilities is the largest published sector at 19.8% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.06%, above the Michigan state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 59%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Mason County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 60.0% in 2024, 59.2% in 2020, 58.0% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 65% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.2% of the adult civilian population (1,932 individuals).