Monroe County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 137,566 88.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,830 4.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 3,349 2.2%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 583 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,427 4.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 74 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 25 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 651 0.4%

• Under 18 32,522 20.9%
• 18–24 11,815 7.6%
• 25–44 37,480 24.1%
• 45–64 42,758 27.5%
• 65 and over 30,930 19.9%

Median household income

$76,490

90% interval $73,627–$79,353

+$4,154 vs MI · 16th of 83

Below poverty line

9.7%

90% interval 8.1%–11.3%

−3.7 pp vs MI · 67th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.0%

+0.07 pp vs. state

County GDP

$8.1B

1.16% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,304

Establishments

2,605

• Trade, transportation & utilities 10,659 26.3%
• Education & health services 8,112 20.0%
• Manufacturing 5,648 13.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,697 11.6%
• Professional & business services 4,616 11.4%
• Construction 1,953 4.8%
• Public administration 1,654 4.1%
• Other services 1,332 3.3%
• Financial activities 987 2.4%
• Natural resources & mining 301 0.7%
• Information 213 0.5%
• Unclassified 148 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 99.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.7%

+8.5 pp vs MI · 41st of 83

Median gross rent

$1,059

−$70 vs MI · 16th of 83

Owner-occupied

51,502

Renter-occupied

11,527

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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 (Construction, $89,415/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,978/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 57,405 62.8%
• Democratic 32,622 35.7%
• Other / third-party 1,311 1.4%

• Spanish 2,414 1.6%
• Arabic 356 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 352 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 293 0.2%
• Tagalog 186 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 149 0.1%
• Vietnamese 23 0.0%
• Korean 17 0.0%
• Chinese 2 0.0%

Households

63,029

Family households

40,881

64.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,353

27.8% of families

Single-mother families

3,216

7.9% of families

Veterans

9,065

7.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 35,884 23.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 24,095 15.6%
• Mainline Protestant 7,500 4.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,733 1.1%
• Black Protestant 1,056 0.7%
• Orthodox 380 0.2%

Health insured

96.6%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

3.4%

±0.5 pp

78th of 83

With a disability

14.8%

±0.8 pp

61st of 83

Bachelor's or higher

23.3%

±1.1 pp

−9.1 pp vs MI · 36th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.0%

90% interval 4.5%–5.5% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

38th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

3 (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

Monroe

Traffic fatalities

20

16.26 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

18