Jury Pool Profile

Oakland County, Michigan

Democratic +10 (2024)

Population: 1,272,294
Median household income: $95,296
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 897,702 70.6%
Black or African American alone 165,635 13.0%
Asian alone 104,287 8.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,932 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 420 0.0%
Some other race alone 19,137 1.5%
Two or more races 83,181 6.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 62,197 4.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 260,754 20.5%
18–24 100,304 7.9%
25–44 333,270 26.2%
45–64 350,063 27.5%
65 and over 227,903 17.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; -1.08 pp vs. state
County GDP: $143.1B; 20.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $77,917
Establishments: 43,047

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Professional & business services 158,384 21.9%
Education & health services 148,216 20.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 130,491 18.0%
Manufacturing 68,661 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 68,109 9.4%
Financial activities 61,684 8.5%
Construction 32,506 4.5%
Other services 21,528 3.0%
Public administration 16,279 2.2%
Information 13,586 1.9%
Unclassified 2,660 0.4%
Natural resources & mining 1,196 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.3%
Median gross rent: $1,319
Owner-occupied: 382,057
Renter-occupied: 146,624

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 771,939 votes cast

Democratic 419,519 54.3%
Republican 337,791 43.8%
Other / third-party 14,629 1.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.2% speak only English at home

Other Indo-European 42,601 3.5%
Spanish 33,482 2.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 28,066 2.3%
Arabic 20,786 1.7%
Chinese 15,531 1.3%
Slavic languages 14,300 1.2%
Other 13,006 1.1%
Korean 6,417 0.5%
German 6,376 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,826 0.4%
Tagalog 2,570 0.2%
Vietnamese 2,471 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 528,681
Family households: 327,908; 62.0% of households
Married w/ children: 256,437
Single-mother households: 23,773
Veterans: 47,274; 4.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

48.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 315,500 24.8%
Evangelical Protestant 119,811 9.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 92,970 7.3%
Mainline Protestant 53,244 4.2%
Black Protestant 20,047 1.6%
Orthodox 13,674 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.1%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 50.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 6th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 18 (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: Pontiac

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 54; 5.34 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 53

NHTSA FARS 2023