Roscommon County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 21,940 92.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 483 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 160 0.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,042 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 48 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 36 0.2%

• Under 18 3,396 14.3%
• 18–24 1,200 5.1%
• 25–44 4,042 17.0%
• 45–64 6,907 29.1%
• 65 and over 8,192 34.5%

Median household income

$50,727

90% interval $47,417–$54,037

−$21,609 vs MI · 81st of 83

Below poverty line

16.3%

90% interval 13.0%–19.6%

+2.9 pp vs MI · 17th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

7.8%

+2.77 pp vs. state

County GDP

$853.7M

0.12% of state

Avg. annual pay

$42,313

Establishments

600

• Leisure & hospitality 1,770 29.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,294 21.2%
• Education & health services 1,139 18.7%
• Public administration 579 9.5%
• Construction 316 5.2%
• Manufacturing 277 4.5%
• Other services 212 3.5%
• Professional & business services 177 2.9%
• Financial activities 155 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 53 0.9%
• Information 18 0.3%
• Unclassified 18 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 98.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.4%

+12.2 pp vs MI · 24th of 83

Median gross rent

$816

−$313 vs MI · 57th of 83

Owner-occupied

9,893

Renter-occupied

1,686

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 69% 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.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Natural resources & mining, $104,532/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $23,990/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 10,582 65.9%
• Democratic 5,290 32.9%
• Other / third-party 193 1.2%

• Spanish 117 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 50 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 40 0.2%
• German or other West Germanic 31 0.1%
• Arabic 23 0.1%
• Chinese 14 0.1%
• Vietnamese 4 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

11,579

Family households

6,837

59.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,107

16.2% of families

Single-mother families

319

4.7% of families

Veterans

2,061

10.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 1,621 6.9%
• Mainline Protestant 1,463 6.2%
• Catholic 1,440 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 475 2.0%

Health insured

95.1%

±1 pp

Uninsured

4.9%

±1 pp

51st of 83

With a disability

24.3%

±1.5 pp

4th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

20.2%

±1.9 pp

−12.2 pp vs MI · 57th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.5%–8.5% · 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

8

39.33 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8