Washtenaw County, Michigan

• White (non-Hispanic) 248,370 67.2%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21,403 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 41,665 11.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 34,078 9.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 21,551 5.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 588 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 77 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 2,090 0.6%

• Under 18 67,474 18.2%
• 18–24 65,024 17.6%
• 25–44 96,828 26.2%
• 45–64 82,254 22.2%
• 65 and over 58,242 15.7%

Median household income

$90,907

90% interval $87,461–$94,353

+$18,571 vs MI · 4th of 83

Below poverty line

13.9%

90% interval 12.6%–15.2%

+0.5 pp vs MI · 34th of 83

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

−0.98 pp vs. state

County GDP

$34.6B

4.92% of state

Avg. annual pay

$76,751

Establishments

10,012

• Education & health services 42,916 19.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 28,495 13.0%
• Professional & business services 25,106 11.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 16,428 7.5%
• Manufacturing 11,228 5.1%
• Financial activities 6,249 2.9%
• Public administration 5,836 2.7%
• Other services 5,388 2.5%
• Construction 4,949 2.3%
• Information 4,016 1.8%
• Natural resources & mining 485 0.2%
• Unclassified 440 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 69.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

61.6%

−11.6 pp vs MI · 82nd of 83

Median gross rent

$1,463

+$334 vs MI · 1st of 83

Owner-occupied

92,768

Renter-occupied

57,782

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 44% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Information, $141,065/yr) pays 4.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $28,533/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 22 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

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

• Spanish 11,833 3.4%
• Chinese 10,509 3.0%
• Arabic 4,915 1.4%
• Korean 3,289 0.9%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 2,590 0.7%
• German or other West Germanic 2,337 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 1,774 0.5%
• Vietnamese 962 0.3%
• Tagalog 947 0.3%

Households

150,550

Family households

84,267

56.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

25,509

30.3% of families

Single-mother families

6,430

7.6% of families

Veterans

12,031

4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

96.7%

±0.3 pp

Uninsured

3.3%

±0.3 pp

80th of 83

With a disability

10.6%

±0.4 pp

82nd of 83

Bachelor's or higher

58.7%

±1.1 pp

+26.3 pp vs MI · 1st of 83

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.8%

90% interval 4.3%–5.3% · Census SAHIE

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

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

Traffic fatalities

35

11.58 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

32