St. Joseph County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 50,933 83.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,739 9.4%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,262 2.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 397 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,320 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 24 0.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 16 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 278 0.5%

• Under 18 14,801 24.3%
• 18–24 4,693 7.7%
• 25–44 14,673 24.1%
• 45–64 15,399 25.3%
• 65 and over 11,403 18.7%

Median household income

$65,096

90% interval $59,712–$70,480

−$7,240 vs MI · 38th of 83

Below poverty line

12.3%

90% interval 10.2%–14.4%

−1.1 pp vs MI · 47th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.7%

−0.29 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.9B

0.41% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,676

Establishments

2,324

• Manufacturing 7,181 34.5%
• Education & health services 3,943 19.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,140 15.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,758 8.5%
• Professional & business services 1,122 5.4%
• Natural resources & mining 781 3.8%
• Construction 692 3.3%
• Other services 643 3.1%
• Public administration 7 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 92.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

76.1%

+2.9 pp vs MI · 66th of 83

Median gross rent

$849

−$280 vs MI · 50th of 83

Owner-occupied

17,980

Renter-occupied

5,640

• 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $76,923/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,474/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.0 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 19,403 66.2%
• Democratic 9,452 32.3%
• Other / third-party 452 1.5%

• Spanish 4,003 7.0%
• German or other West Germanic 2,520 4.4%
• Vietnamese 73 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 59 0.1%
• Arabic 55 0.1%
• Chinese 44 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 37 0.1%
• Korean 20 0.0%
• Tagalog 6 0.0%

Households

23,620

Family households

15,610

66.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,266

27.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,123

7.2% of families

Veterans

3,042

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 15,440 25.3%
• Catholic 3,775 6.2%
• Mainline Protestant 2,629 4.3%
• Black Protestant 1,450 2.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,098 1.8%

Health insured

89.9%

±1.1 pp

Uninsured

10.1%

±1.1 pp

4th of 83

With a disability

16.6%

±0.9 pp

42nd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

16.9%

±1.2 pp

−15.5 pp vs MI · 73rd of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.3%

90% interval 8.4%–10.2% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

45th 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

Centreville

Traffic fatalities

11

23.83 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9