Jury Pool Profile

Muskegon County, Michigan

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 175,378
Median household income: $63,495
Unemployment: 6.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 135,466 77.2%
Black or African American alone 22,109 12.6%
Asian alone 1,148 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,106 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 51 0.0%
Some other race alone 2,012 1.1%
Two or more races 13,486 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,671 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.9

Under 18 39,812 22.7%
18–24 14,157 8.1%
25–44 44,904 25.6%
45–64 44,909 25.6%
65 and over 31,596 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.0%; +0.93 pp vs. state
County GDP: $8.4B; 1.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,204
Establishments: 3,152

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 15,265 24.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,891 21.9%
Manufacturing 13,093 20.6%
Leisure & hospitality 7,808 12.3%
Professional & business services 3,517 5.5%
Construction 2,424 3.8%
Public administration 2,363 3.7%
Other services 1,828 2.9%
Financial activities 1,578 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 699 1.1%
Information 362 0.6%
Unclassified 200 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.3%
Median gross rent: $960
Owner-occupied: 52,525
Renter-occupied: 14,587

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 95,160 votes cast

Republican 47,733 50.2%
Democratic 46,028 48.4%
Other / third-party 1,399 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 5,072 3.1%
German 684 0.4%
Other Indo-European 181 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 162 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 149 0.1%
Other 148 0.1%
Tagalog 122 0.1%
Arabic 109 0.1%
Slavic languages 71 0.0%
Korean 57 0.0%
Chinese 46 0.0%
Vietnamese 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 67,112
Family households: 44,866; 66.9% of households
Married w/ children: 31,655
Single-mother households: 5,319
Veterans: 10,359; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 18,212 10.4%
Catholic 15,086 8.6%
Mainline Protestant 9,474 5.4%
Black Protestant 3,970 2.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,996 1.7%
Orthodox 120 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.2%
With a disability: 14.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 14th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Muskegon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 16.23 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 21

NHTSA FARS 2023