Jury Pool Profile
Otsego County, Michigan
Republican +35 (2024)
- Population
- 25,352
- Median household income
- $67,285
- Unemployment
- 6.0%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 23,760 93.7%
- Black or African American alone 239 0.9%
- Asian alone 159 0.6%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 56 0.2%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 2 0.0%
- Some other race alone 79 0.3%
- Two or more races 1,057 4.2%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 490 1.9%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 44.5
- Under 18 5,301 20.9%
- 18–24 1,743 6.9%
- 25–44 5,796 22.9%
- 45–64 7,008 27.6%
- 65 and over 5,504 21.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 6.0%
- +0.99 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $1.5B
- 0.21% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $53,154
- Establishments
- 811
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Trade, transportation & utilities 3,084 28.8%
- Education & health services 2,003 18.7%
- Leisure & hospitality 1,570 14.7%
- Manufacturing 998 9.3%
- Construction 626 5.8%
- Financial activities 546 5.1%
- Public administration 541 5.1%
- Other services 466 4.4%
- Professional & business services 409 3.8%
- Natural resources & mining 318 3.0%
- Information 48 0.4%
- Unclassified 40 0.4%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 78.0%
- Median gross rent
- $880
- Owner-occupied
- 8,577
- Renter-occupied
- 2,419
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 15,971 votes cast
- Republican 10,693 67.0%
- Democratic 5,052 31.6%
- Other / third-party 226 1.4%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.7% speak only English at home
- Other Indo-European 118 0.5%
- German 108 0.4%
- Spanish 88 0.4%
- Slavic languages 67 0.3%
- French (incl. Cajun) 58 0.2%
- Other Asian/Pacific 39 0.2%
- Arabic 23 0.1%
- Chinese 22 0.1%
- Tagalog 22 0.1%
- Other 14 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 10,996
- Family households
- 7,336
- 66.7% of households
- Married w/ children
- 5,584
- Single-mother households
- 668
- Veterans
- 2,042
- 10.2% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
30.5% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 3,862 15.4%
- Evangelical Protestant 2,021 8.1%
- Mainline Protestant 1,310 5.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 469 1.9%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 93.8%
- With a disability
- 16.5%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 25.8%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- 46th 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
- Gaylord, Grayling, Kalkaska
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 9.97 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023