Jury Pool Profile
Oceana County, Michigan
Republican +30 (2024)
- Population
- 26,788
- Median household income
- $63,624
- Unemployment
- 7.9%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 23,684 88.4%
- Black or African American alone 248 0.9%
- Asian alone 28 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 208 0.8%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.0%
- Some other race alone 650 2.4%
- Two or more races 1,962 7.3%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,135 15.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 43.9
- Under 18 5,817 21.7%
- 18–24 1,975 7.4%
- 25–44 5,939 22.2%
- 45–64 7,229 27.0%
- 65 and over 5,828 21.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 7.9%
- +2.88 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $832.9M
- 0.12% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,679
- Establishments
- 567
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 1,590 24.6%
- Manufacturing 1,401 21.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 880 13.6%
- Education & health services 650 10.0%
- Natural resources & mining 506 7.8%
- Public administration 503 7.8%
- Construction 298 4.6%
- Professional & business services 162 2.5%
- Financial activities 143 2.2%
- Other services 142 2.2%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 85.1%
- Median gross rent
- $768
- Owner-occupied
- 8,723
- Renter-occupied
- 1,524
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 14,870 votes cast
- Republican 9,547 64.2%
- Democratic 5,085 34.2%
- Other / third-party 238 1.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
88.5% speak only English at home
- Spanish 2,640 10.4%
- German 162 0.6%
- Slavic languages 38 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 32 0.1%
- Other 24 0.1%
- French (incl. Cajun) 9 0.0%
- Chinese 6 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
- Vietnamese 5 0.0%
- Korean 4 0.0%
- Tagalog 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 10,247
- Family households
- 7,164
- 69.9% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,561
- Single-mother households
- 566
- Veterans
- 1,659
- 7.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
26.2% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 2,415 9.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,349 8.8%
- Mainline Protestant 1,811 6.8%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 415 1.6%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 91.9%
- With a disability
- 16.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 21.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
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
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 4
- 19.07 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 3
NHTSA FARS 2023