Jury Pool Profile

Montcalm County, Michigan

Republican +39 (2024)

Population: 67,174
Median household income: $64,892
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 59,806 89.0%
Black or African American alone 2,172 3.2%
Asian alone 158 0.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 177 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 852 1.3%
Two or more races 4,009 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,826 4.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 14,167 21.1%
18–24 5,313 7.9%
25–44 17,688 26.3%
45–64 18,188 27.1%
65 and over 11,818 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +0.36 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.31% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,244
Establishments: 1,086

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 3,880 23.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,287 20.2%
Manufacturing 3,141 19.3%
Leisure & hospitality 1,875 11.5%
Public administration 740 4.6%
Professional & business services 699 4.3%
Construction 678 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 426 2.6%
Other services 408 2.5%
Financial activities 340 2.1%
Information 154 0.9%
Unclassified 56 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 82.2%
Median gross rent: $867
Owner-occupied: 19,849
Renter-occupied: 4,304

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 34,835 votes cast

Republican 23,946 68.7%
Democratic 10,368 29.8%
Other / third-party 521 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,253 2.0%
German 815 1.3%
Chinese 159 0.2%
Vietnamese 117 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 115 0.2%
Other 72 0.1%
Slavic languages 63 0.1%
Arabic 47 0.1%
Other Indo-European 41 0.1%
Tagalog 18 0.0%
Korean 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,153
Family households: 16,565; 68.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,678
Single-mother households: 985
Veterans: 4,294; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

26.7% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,960 13.5%
Catholic 3,995 6.0%
Mainline Protestant 3,271 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,399 2.1%
Black Protestant 180 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.4%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 14.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 8th 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: Ionia, Stanton

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 20.75 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023