Jury Pool Profile

St. Joseph County, Michigan

Republican +34 (2024)

Population: 60,870
Median household income: $64,707
Unemployment: 5.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 53,093 87.2%
Black or African American alone 1,345 2.2%
Asian alone 348 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 210 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 901 1.5%
Two or more races 4,973 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,553 9.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.8

Under 18 14,840 24.4%
18–24 4,770 7.8%
25–44 14,409 23.7%
45–64 15,578 25.6%
65 and over 11,273 18.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.3%; +0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.9B; 0.41% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,550
Establishments: 2,282

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 7,477 35.4%
Education & health services 3,899 18.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,186 15.1%
Leisure & hospitality 1,724 8.2%
Professional & business services 996 4.7%
Natural resources & mining 859 4.1%
Public administration 741 3.5%
Construction 741 3.5%
Other services 641 3.0%
Financial activities 519 2.5%
Unclassified 112 0.5%
Information 40 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.2%
Median gross rent: $825
Owner-occupied: 17,743
Renter-occupied: 5,867

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 29,307 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

87.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,941 6.9%
German 2,527 4.4%
Other Indo-European 240 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 75 0.1%
Chinese 65 0.1%
Arabic 65 0.1%
Slavic languages 45 0.1%
Tagalog 28 0.0%
French (incl. Cajun) 26 0.0%
Korean 16 0.0%
Other 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 23,610
Family households: 15,514; 65.7% of households
Married w/ children: 11,447
Single-mother households: 1,266
Veterans: 3,255; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

40.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 90.4%
With a disability: 16.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 17.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 23.9 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023