Jury Pool Profile

Saginaw County, Michigan

Republican +3 (2024)

Population: 189,210
Median household income: $58,347
Unemployment: 6.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 135,723 71.7%
Black or African American alone 35,809 18.9%
Asian alone 2,263 1.2%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 676 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 73 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,614 1.9%
Two or more races 11,052 5.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 17,188 9.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.1

Under 18 40,701 21.5%
18–24 17,390 9.2%
25–44 45,017 23.8%
45–64 48,405 25.6%
65 and over 37,697 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.8%; +1.81 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.0B; 1.57% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,049
Establishments: 3,966

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 20,464 25.7%
Trade, transportation & utilities 16,001 20.1%
Manufacturing 10,729 13.5%
Leisure & hospitality 8,769 11.0%
Professional & business services 8,007 10.1%
Financial activities 3,482 4.4%
Construction 3,351 4.2%
Public administration 3,028 3.8%
Other services 2,539 3.2%
Information 789 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 664 0.8%
Unclassified 118 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.5%
Median gross rent: $921
Owner-occupied: 57,042
Renter-occupied: 20,544

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 103,838 votes cast

Republican 52,912 51.0%
Democratic 49,515 47.7%
Other / third-party 1,411 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,895 2.2%
Other Indo-European 1,676 0.9%
German 548 0.3%
Chinese 296 0.2%
Arabic 274 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 253 0.1%
Slavic languages 206 0.1%
Tagalog 159 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 158 0.1%
Other 139 0.1%
Korean 118 0.1%
Vietnamese 71 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 77,586
Family households: 47,598; 61.3% of households
Married w/ children: 32,935
Single-mother households: 6,278
Veterans: 9,825; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.8% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 32,782 17.2%
Catholic 31,780 16.7%
Black Protestant 14,174 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 8,810 4.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,820 1.5%
Orthodox 500 0.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.9%
With a disability: 17.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 10th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Saginaw

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 21; 14.14 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 19

NHTSA FARS 2023