Jury Pool Profile

Ottawa County, Michigan

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 298,614
Median household income: $87,144
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 255,201 85.5%
Black or African American alone 4,673 1.6%
Asian alone 8,199 2.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,413 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 31 0.0%
Some other race alone 10,427 3.5%
Two or more races 18,670 6.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30,177 10.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 36.3

Under 18 69,661 23.3%
18–24 38,871 13.0%
25–44 72,922 24.4%
45–64 68,698 23.0%
65 and over 48,462 16.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.65 pp vs. state
County GDP: $21.0B; 3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,813
Establishments: 6,888

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 40,464 30.7%
Education & health services 21,466 16.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 19,911 15.1%
Leisure & hospitality 11,788 8.9%
Professional & business services 11,763 8.9%
Construction 6,952 5.3%
Other services 4,789 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 3,626 2.7%
Financial activities 3,445 2.6%
Public administration 2,829 2.1%
Information 803 0.6%
Unclassified 339 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.5%
Median gross rent: $1,148
Owner-occupied: 86,362
Renter-occupied: 23,657

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 178,402 votes cast

Republican 106,133 59.5%
Democratic 69,653 39.0%
Other / third-party 2,616 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.2% speak only English at home

Spanish 13,843 4.9%
Other Asian/Pacific 2,801 1.0%
Other Indo-European 1,246 0.4%
German 970 0.3%
Vietnamese 658 0.2%
Chinese 494 0.2%
Slavic languages 426 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 407 0.1%
Other 341 0.1%
Korean 301 0.1%
Arabic 259 0.1%
Tagalog 141 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 110,019
Family households: 77,731; 70.7% of households
Married w/ children: 64,851
Single-mother households: 4,298
Veterans: 10,943; 4.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 64,786 21.9%
Mainline Protestant 34,801 11.7%
Catholic 28,663 9.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,702 0.9%
Orthodox 25 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.8%
With a disability: 10.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 37.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 20th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 4 (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: Grand Haven

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 17; 7.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 17

NHTSA FARS 2023