Jury Pool Profile

Midland County, Michigan

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 83,641
Median household income: $77,538
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 75,970 90.8%
Black or African American alone 1,180 1.4%
Asian alone 1,811 2.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 212 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 14 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,090 1.3%
Two or more races 3,364 4.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,784 3.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.8

Under 18 17,705 21.2%
18–24 6,386 7.6%
25–44 20,771 24.8%
45–64 22,245 26.6%
65 and over 16,534 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +0.17 pp vs. state
County GDP: $7.8B; 1.11% of state
Avg. annual pay: $72,021
Establishments: 3,932

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 11,003 28.7%
Professional & business services 7,905 20.6%
Manufacturing 4,610 12.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,356 11.4%
Leisure & hospitality 3,666 9.6%
Construction 2,209 5.8%
Other services 1,816 4.7%
Public administration 1,148 3.0%
Financial activities 989 2.6%
Information 207 0.5%
Natural resources & mining 136 0.4%
Unclassified 84 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.2%
Median gross rent: $974
Owner-occupied: 27,079
Renter-occupied: 7,529

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 50,287 votes cast

Republican 28,571 56.8%
Democratic 20,926 41.6%
Other / third-party 790 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 837 1.1%
Other Indo-European 608 0.8%
Chinese 295 0.4%
German 293 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 259 0.3%
Vietnamese 159 0.2%
Slavic languages 127 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 126 0.2%
Korean 122 0.2%
Tagalog 68 0.1%
Other 61 0.1%
Arabic 28 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,608
Family households: 22,698; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 18,356
Single-mother households: 1,554
Veterans: 4,520; 6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 14,067 16.8%
Evangelical Protestant 13,257 15.9%
Mainline Protestant 7,468 8.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,906 2.3%
Black Protestant 300 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.2%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 36.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 42nd 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: Midland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 10.62 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 7

NHTSA FARS 2023