Jury Pool Profile

Washtenaw County, Michigan

Democratic +44 (2024)

Population: 368,394
Median household income: $87,156
Unemployment: 4.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 257,686 69.9%
Black or African American alone 42,757 11.6%
Asian alone 32,637 8.9%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 992 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 112 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,835 1.6%
Two or more races 28,375 7.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 20,789 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 34.8

Under 18 67,708 18.4%
18–24 65,018 17.6%
25–44 96,203 26.1%
45–64 83,221 22.6%
65 and over 56,244 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.4%; -0.6 pp vs. state
County GDP: $34.6B; 4.92% of state
Avg. annual pay: $74,298
Establishments: 9,619

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 42,447 19.5%
Professional & business services 26,948 12.4%
Trade, transportation & utilities 26,613 12.2%
Leisure & hospitality 16,432 7.5%
Manufacturing 11,602 5.3%
Financial activities 6,032 2.8%
Public administration 5,758 2.6%
Construction 4,907 2.3%
Other services 4,901 2.2%
Information 4,050 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 507 0.2%
Unclassified 478 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 61.6%
Median gross rent: $1,400
Owner-occupied: 91,988
Renter-occupied: 57,268

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 221,304 votes cast

Democratic 157,152 71.0%
Republican 58,844 26.6%
Other / third-party 5,308 2.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.6% speak only English at home

Spanish 11,583 3.3%
Chinese 10,000 2.8%
Other Indo-European 9,073 2.6%
Arabic 5,467 1.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 4,673 1.3%
Korean 3,007 0.9%
Slavic languages 2,659 0.8%
German 2,361 0.7%
Other 2,106 0.6%
French (incl. Cajun) 1,442 0.4%
Vietnamese 1,029 0.3%
Tagalog 702 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 149,256
Family households: 84,251; 56.4% of households
Married w/ children: 66,322
Single-mother households: 6,317
Veterans: 12,492; 4.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

31.8% overall adherence rate

Catholic 35,959 9.7%
Evangelical Protestant 30,053 8.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 20,750 5.6%
Mainline Protestant 20,675 5.6%
Black Protestant 9,320 2.5%
Orthodox 1,485 0.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.7%
With a disability: 10.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 58.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 22nd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 5 (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: Ann Arbor

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 22; 7.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 20

NHTSA FARS 2023