Tuscola County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 48,487 91.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,001 3.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 546 1.0%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 188 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,580 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 94 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 78 0.1%

• Under 18 10,639 20.1%
• 18–24 3,709 7.0%
• 25–44 12,246 23.1%
• 45–64 14,767 27.9%
• 65 and over 11,619 21.9%

Median household income

$62,492

90% interval $58,258–$66,726

−$9,844 vs MI · 47th of 83

Below poverty line

11.3%

90% interval 9.2%–13.4%

−2.1 pp vs MI · 59th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.9%

+0.96 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.8B

0.25% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,102

Establishments

950

• Education & health services 3,525 29.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,254 18.5%
• Manufacturing 1,310 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,096 9.0%
• Professional & business services 755 6.2%
• Public administration 685 5.6%
• Construction 626 5.2%
• Natural resources & mining 494 4.1%
• Other services 362 3.0%
• Financial activities 321 2.6%
• Information 108 0.9%
• Unclassified 29 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 95.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

86.4%

+13.2 pp vs MI · 17th of 83

Median gross rent

$819

−$310 vs MI · 56th of 83

Owner-occupied

18,577

Renter-occupied

2,921

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $68,325/yr) pays 3.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,623/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 21,764 70.9%
• Democratic 8,562 27.9%
• Other / third-party 390 1.3%

• Spanish 537 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 261 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 46 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 44 0.1%
• Tagalog 34 0.1%
• Korean 14 0.0%
• Arabic 11 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%

Households

21,498

Family households

13,728

63.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,325

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

938

6.8% of families

Veterans

2,791

6.6% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 11,721 22.0%
• Catholic 3,770 7.1%
• Mainline Protestant 3,535 6.6%
• Black Protestant 600 1.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 471 0.9%

Health insured

95.4%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.6%

±0.6 pp

62nd of 83

With a disability

19.6%

±0.9 pp

19th of 83

Bachelor's or higher

16.3%

±1.1 pp

−16.1 pp vs MI · 76th of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.4%

90% interval 5.7%–7.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

54th 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

Caro

Traffic fatalities

6

14.17 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6