Jury Pool Profile

Van Buren County, Michigan

Republican +15 (2024)

Population: 75,681
Median household income: $66,902
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 62,002 81.9%
Black or African American alone 2,625 3.5%
Asian alone 416 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 499 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 3,251 4.3%
Two or more races 6,888 9.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 9,248 12.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 17,523 23.2%
18–24 5,612 7.4%
25–44 17,790 23.5%
45–64 20,093 26.5%
65 and over 14,663 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +0.85 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.3B; 0.47% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,293
Establishments: 1,643

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,395 20.4%
Manufacturing 3,524 16.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 3,507 16.2%
Professional & business services 3,193 14.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,479 11.5%
Natural resources & mining 1,312 6.1%
Public administration 1,187 5.5%
Construction 696 3.2%
Other services 538 2.5%
Financial activities 316 1.5%
Information 187 0.9%
Unclassified 72 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 80.5%
Median gross rent: $845
Owner-occupied: 24,218
Renter-occupied: 5,883

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 41,162 votes cast

Republican 23,407 56.9%
Democratic 17,175 41.7%
Other / third-party 580 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 6,168 8.6%
German 316 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 190 0.3%
Other Indo-European 173 0.2%
Slavic languages 141 0.2%
Tagalog 107 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 80 0.1%
Arabic 42 0.1%
Other 37 0.1%
Korean 20 0.0%
Chinese 15 0.0%
Vietnamese 9 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 30,101
Family households: 20,907; 69.5% of households
Married w/ children: 15,310
Single-mother households: 2,357
Veterans: 3,799; 6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

28.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 9,533 12.6%
Evangelical Protestant 6,486 8.6%
Mainline Protestant 3,265 4.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,525 2.0%
Black Protestant 718 0.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.6%
With a disability: 12.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 36th Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 3 (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: Paw Paw

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 12; 20.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 11

NHTSA FARS 2023