Jury Pool Profile

Montmorency County, Michigan

Republican +45 (2024)

Population: 9,372
Median household income: $47,803
Unemployment: 8.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 8,802 93.9%
Black or African American alone 15 0.2%
Asian alone 54 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 40 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 10 0.1%
Two or more races 451 4.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 153 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 56.7

Under 18 1,396 14.9%
18–24 550 5.9%
25–44 1,500 16.0%
45–64 2,839 30.3%
65 and over 3,087 32.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.5%; +3.47 pp vs. state
County GDP: $309.8M; 0.04% of state
Avg. annual pay: $41,365
Establishments: 231

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 494 24.1%
Manufacturing 441 21.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 272 13.3%
Leisure & hospitality 267 13.0%
Public administration 217 10.6%
Financial activities 88 4.3%
Other services 50 2.4%
Professional & business services 27 1.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 87.6%
Median gross rent: $811
Owner-occupied: 4,177
Renter-occupied: 592

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 6,391 votes cast

Republican 4,599 72.0%
Democratic 1,702 26.6%
Other / third-party 90 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 48 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 33 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.3%
German 20 0.2%
Other Indo-European 18 0.2%
Tagalog 7 0.1%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Other 4 0.0%
Slavic languages 3 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 4,769
Family households: 2,759; 57.9% of households
Married w/ children: 2,201
Single-mother households: 173
Veterans: 860; 10.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

25.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 1,209 13.2%
Catholic 525 5.7%
Mainline Protestant 434 4.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 123 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.5%
With a disability: 24.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 26th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 1 (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: Alpena, Atlanta

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 12.54 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023