Jury Pool Profile

Ontonagon County, Michigan

Republican +30 (2024)

Population: 5,870
Median household income: $51,844
Unemployment: 8.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,487 93.5%
Black or African American alone 49 0.8%
Asian alone 29 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 28 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 33 0.6%
Two or more races 244 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 100 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 59.4

Under 18 679 11.6%
18–24 318 5.4%
25–44 816 13.9%
45–64 1,841 31.4%
65 and over 2,216 37.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 8.0%; +2.96 pp vs. state
County GDP: $169.2M; 0.02% of state
Avg. annual pay: $35,632
Establishments: 191

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 450 33.6%
Education & health services 241 18.0%
Leisure & hospitality 176 13.2%
Public administration 158 11.8%
Construction 67 5.0%
Other services 34 2.5%
Professional & business services 33 2.5%
Financial activities 26 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 25 1.9%
Manufacturing 20 1.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 87.3%
Median gross rent: $571
Owner-occupied: 2,599
Renter-occupied: 379

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 3,841 votes cast

Republican 2,479 64.5%
Democratic 1,313 34.2%
Other / third-party 49 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 27 0.5%
Other 20 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.3%
German 18 0.3%
Tagalog 8 0.1%
Slavic languages 7 0.1%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,978
Family households: 1,752; 58.8% of households
Married w/ children: 1,426
Single-mother households: 73
Veterans: 754; 14.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 874 15.0%
Catholic 776 13.3%
Evangelical Protestant 499 8.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 75 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 20.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 32nd 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: Bessemer, Ontonagon

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 2; 38.53 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 2

NHTSA FARS 2023