Midland County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 74,685 89.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,882 3.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,022 1.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,804 2.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,888 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 145 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 13 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 318 0.4%

• Under 18 17,545 20.9%
• 18–24 6,277 7.5%
• 25–44 20,972 25.0%
• 45–64 22,040 26.3%
• 65 and over 16,923 20.2%

Median household income

$78,615

90% interval $74,392–$82,838

+$6,279 vs MI · 13th of 83

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 7.7%–11.3%

−3.9 pp vs MI · 69th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.8%

−0.22 pp vs. state

County GDP

$7.8B

1.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$70,983

Establishments

4,146

• Education & health services 11,317 29.5%
• Professional & business services 7,878 20.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,370 11.4%
• Manufacturing 4,310 11.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,528 9.2%
• Other services 2,041 5.3%
• Financial activities 1,027 2.7%
• Public administration 29 0.1%

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

Home ownership

78.1%

+4.9 pp vs MI · 56th of 83

Median gross rent

$1,016

−$113 vs MI · 20th of 83

Owner-occupied

27,322

Renter-occupied

7,671

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% 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 (Professional & business services, $129,756/yr) pays 5.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $24,336/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.2 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

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

• Spanish 819 1.0%
• German or other West Germanic 359 0.5%
• Chinese 235 0.3%
• Korean 185 0.2%
• Vietnamese 172 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 158 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 53 0.1%
• Tagalog 45 0.1%
• Arabic 26 0.0%

Households

34,993

Family households

22,641

64.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

7,000

30.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,507

6.7% of families

Veterans

4,624

7% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

95.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.2%

±0.7 pp

70th of 83

With a disability

14.7%

±0.9 pp

62nd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

36.6%

±1.4 pp

+4.2 pp vs MI · 15th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.0%

90% interval 4.4%–5.6% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

9

13.59 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8