Jury Pool Profile
Osceola County, Michigan
- County seat
- Reed City
- Judicial district
- 49th Judicial Circuit Court
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 23,516
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 23,227.
At a glance
Osceola County is a 23,516-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $54,928, $17,408 below the MI state median of $72,336; 16.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 27.7% of covered employment, average pay $59,211/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.14%, above the 4.98% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 69% to 73% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 23,227
- Median household income
- $58,267
- Unemployment
- 6.1%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 1%.
Osceola County has a population of 23,227, with a median age of 43.9. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.3%; Black residents 1.1%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $54,928; 16.6% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 15.6% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 28% of covered jobs.
Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 27.7% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 20.0%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 6.14%, above the Michigan state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 72%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Osceola County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 73.1% in 2024, 72.4% in 2020, 69.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 67% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 10.2% of the adult civilian population (1,830 individuals).