Ogemaw County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 19,326 92.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 470 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 101 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 160 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 735 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 40 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 51 0.2%

• Under 18 3,720 17.8%
• 18–24 1,260 6.0%
• 25–44 4,174 20.0%
• 45–64 5,897 28.2%
• 65 and over 5,834 27.9%

Median household income

$55,057

90% interval $51,296–$58,818

−$17,279 vs MI · 73rd of 83

Below poverty line

15.7%

90% interval 12.7%–18.7%

+2.3 pp vs MI · 18th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

8.0%

+3.05 pp vs. state

County GDP

$788.0M

0.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,798

Establishments

631

• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,079 34.2%
• Education & health services 1,126 18.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 804 13.2%
• Public administration 377 6.2%
• Manufacturing 330 5.4%
• Construction 287 4.7%
• Natural resources & mining 203 3.3%
• Other services 199 3.3%
• Financial activities 162 2.7%

The sectors listed cover 91.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

83.7%

+10.5 pp vs MI · 28th of 83

Median gross rent

$823

−$306 vs MI · 55th of 83

Owner-occupied

7,844

Renter-occupied

1,526

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 66% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Other services, $80,662/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,392/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.6 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 8,879 70.4%
• Democratic 3,578 28.4%
• Other / third-party 163 1.3%

• Spanish 132 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 61 0.3%
• Tagalog 31 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 26 0.1%
• Arabic 18 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 14 0.1%
• Korean 14 0.1%
• Chinese 11 0.1%
• Vietnamese 3 0.0%

Households

9,370

Family households

6,023

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,053

17.5% of families

Single-mother families

425

7.1% of families

Veterans

1,798

10.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,792 18.3%
• Catholic 895 4.3%
• Mainline Protestant 756 3.6%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 346 1.7%

Health insured

94.0%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±1.1 pp

27th of 83

With a disability

20.4%

±1.4 pp

15th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

17.2%

±1.4 pp

−15.2 pp vs MI · 71st of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.1%

90% interval 7.2%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

34th Judicial Circuit Court

Judges

1 (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

Roscommon, West Branch

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

40.78 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

5