Sanilac County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 37,185 91.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,732 4.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 157 0.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 115 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,118 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 125 0.3%

• Under 18 8,472 20.9%
• 18–24 2,947 7.3%
• 25–44 8,604 21.3%
• 45–64 11,033 27.3%
• 65 and over 9,406 23.2%

Median household income

$58,383

90% interval $53,878–$62,888

−$13,953 vs MI · 63rd of 83

Below poverty line

16.6%

90% interval 14.5%–18.7%

+3.2 pp vs MI · 15th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

6.1%

+1.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,984

Establishments

900

• Manufacturing 2,628 25.4%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,160 20.9%
• Education & health services 1,957 18.9%
• Leisure & hospitality 908 8.8%
• Natural resources & mining 461 4.5%
• Construction 438 4.2%
• Professional & business services 422 4.1%
• Public administration 395 3.8%
• Financial activities 362 3.5%
• Other services 332 3.2%
• Information 136 1.3%
• Unclassified 52 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 99.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

82.6%

+9.4 pp vs MI · 33rd of 83

Median gross rent

$807

−$322 vs MI · 59th of 83

Owner-occupied

14,465

Renter-occupied

3,051

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Financial activities, $85,382/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,008/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 17,080 73.2%
• Democratic 5,957 25.5%
• Other / third-party 302 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 988 2.6%
• Spanish 617 1.6%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 39 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 34 0.1%
• Chinese 32 0.1%
• Tagalog 30 0.1%
• Arabic 18 0.0%
• Korean 1 0.0%

Households

17,516

Family households

11,207

64.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,544

22.7% of families

Single-mother families

844

7.5% of families

Veterans

2,412

7.5% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 5,099 12.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,081 7.6%
• Catholic 3,017 7.4%
• Black Protestant 800 2.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 147 0.4%

Health insured

92.2%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

7.8%

±1.1 pp

13th of 83

With a disability

16.4%

±1 pp

43rd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

16.5%

±1.3 pp

−15.9 pp vs MI · 75th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.8%

90% interval 7.9%–9.7% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

24th 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

Sandusky

Traffic fatalities

4

12.5 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4