Jury Pool Profile

Newaygo County, Michigan

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 50,414
Median household income: $61,931
Unemployment: 5.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 45,316 89.9%
Black or African American alone 371 0.7%
Asian alone 184 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 172 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 35 0.1%
Some other race alone 1,336 2.7%
Two or more races 3,000 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,079 6.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 11,140 22.1%
18–24 3,606 7.2%
25–44 11,612 23.0%
45–64 13,851 27.5%
65 and over 10,205 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.8%; +0.82 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.1B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $49,371
Establishments: 855

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,735 23.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,249 18.9%
Manufacturing 2,211 18.6%
Professional & business services 915 7.7%
Leisure & hospitality 868 7.3%
Financial activities 631 5.3%
Other services 558 4.7%
Construction 539 4.5%
Natural resources & mining 500 4.2%
Public administration 458 3.8%
Information 72 0.6%
Unclassified 20 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.4%
Median gross rent: $882
Owner-occupied: 16,787
Renter-occupied: 2,641

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,197 votes cast

Republican 20,630 70.7%
Democratic 8,131 27.8%
Other / third-party 436 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,782 3.7%
German 445 0.9%
Other Indo-European 127 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 78 0.2%
Korean 57 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 45 0.1%
Arabic 43 0.1%
Slavic languages 28 0.1%
Tagalog 22 0.0%
Chinese 13 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%
Vietnamese 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,428
Family households: 13,593; 70.0% of households
Married w/ children: 10,435
Single-mother households: 1,088
Veterans: 3,018; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 10,258 20.5%
Catholic 4,365 8.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,448 4.9%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 383 0.8%
Black Protestant 300 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.1%
With a disability: 18.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 27th 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: Hart, White Cloud

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 25.46 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023