Jury Pool Profile
Oakland County, Michigan
- County seat
- Pontiac
- Judicial district
- 6th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 1,288,337
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 1,279,825.
At a glance
Oakland County is a 1,288,337-person venue. The county population is 69% White and 13% Black (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $99,070, $26,734 above the MI state median of $72,336; 51.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 16.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most often one of the other Indo-European languages the Census does not break out (3.6%), then Spanish and Arabic. The largest published sector is Professional & business services, at 21.3% of covered employment, average pay $102,853/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.17%, below the 4.98% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 1,279,825
- Median household income
- $97,760
- Unemployment
- 4.2%
Who sits on a jury?
50–70% White and ≥15% Black. This county: 69% / 13%.
Oakland County has a population of 1,279,825, with a median age of 41.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 69.2%; Black residents 12.8%. Independently, 5.0% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $99,070; 51.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Professional & business services about 153,200, Education & health services about 153,150.
Professional & business services is the largest published sector at 21.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.17%, below the Michigan state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Oakland County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 54.3% in 2024, 56.4% in 2020, 51.7% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 62% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 16.0% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
16.0% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, Arabic, Chinese. Veterans account for 4.4% of the adult civilian population (44,825 individuals).