Jury Pool Profile

Mecosta County, Michigan

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 40,321
Median household income: $57,774
Unemployment: 6.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 36,668 90.9%
Black or African American alone 925 2.3%
Asian alone 343 0.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 266 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 5 0.0%
Some other race alone 299 0.7%
Two or more races 1,815 4.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,125 2.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.6

Under 18 7,900 19.6%
18–24 5,641 14.0%
25–44 8,496 21.1%
45–64 10,151 25.2%
65 and over 8,133 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.9%; +1.87 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.6B; 0.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,193
Establishments: 696

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 2,818 22.1%
Education & health services 2,660 20.9%
Leisure & hospitality 1,276 10.0%
Manufacturing 1,226 9.6%
Professional & business services 649 5.1%
Other services 514 4.0%
Natural resources & mining 216 1.7%
Financial activities 209 1.6%
Construction 168 1.3%
Information 102 0.8%
Unclassified 58 0.5%
Public administration 39 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.9%
Median gross rent: $867
Owner-occupied: 12,383
Renter-occupied: 3,929

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,489 votes cast

Republican 14,445 64.2%
Democratic 7,688 34.2%
Other / third-party 356 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.6% speak only English at home

German 1,242 3.2%
Spanish 487 1.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 134 0.4%
Other Indo-European 47 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 42 0.1%
Slavic languages 41 0.1%
Korean 19 0.0%
Chinese 17 0.0%
Tagalog 17 0.0%
Other 15 0.0%
Vietnamese 6 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,312
Family households: 9,897; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 7,355
Single-mother households: 942
Veterans: 2,425; 7.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

29.3% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 4,796 12.1%
Catholic 4,406 11.1%
Mainline Protestant 1,680 4.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 757 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 17.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 49th 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: Big Rapids, Reed City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 9.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023