Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Michigan

Republican +27 (2024)

Population: 155,001
Median household income: $75,272
Unemployment: 5.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 140,956 90.9%
Black or African American alone 3,463 2.2%
Asian alone 648 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 148 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 46 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,402 0.9%
Two or more races 8,338 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 6,559 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 32,678 21.1%
18–24 11,901 7.7%
25–44 37,260 24.0%
45–64 43,196 27.9%
65 and over 29,966 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.7%; +0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.1B; 1.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $60,516
Establishments: 2,514

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 10,827 26.3%
Education & health services 8,252 20.0%
Manufacturing 5,814 14.1%
Professional & business services 4,810 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 4,740 11.5%
Construction 1,940 4.7%
Public administration 1,639 4.0%
Other services 1,199 2.9%
Financial activities 907 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 409 1.0%
Information 213 0.5%
Unclassified 152 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.2%
Median gross rent: $1,017
Owner-occupied: 50,732
Renter-occupied: 11,777

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 91,338 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,420 1.6%
Other Indo-European 867 0.6%
German 408 0.3%
Arabic 384 0.3%
Slavic languages 304 0.2%
Other 293 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 188 0.1%
Tagalog 185 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 181 0.1%
Chinese 111 0.1%
Vietnamese 32 0.0%
Korean 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 62,509
Family households: 40,629; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 31,473
Single-mother households: 3,242
Veterans: 8,966; 7.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 14.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 23; 18.8 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 22

NHTSA FARS 2023