Jury Pool Profile

Wayne County, Michigan

Democratic +29 (2024)

Population: 1,773,767
Median household income: $59,521
Unemployment: 5.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 886,114 50.0%
Black or African American alone 660,271 37.2%
Asian alone 61,993 3.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,841 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 299 0.0%
Some other race alone 49,006 2.8%
Two or more races 110,243 6.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 119,108 6.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.8

Under 18 421,172 23.7%
18–24 148,133 8.4%
25–44 467,774 26.4%
45–64 450,261 25.4%
65 and over 286,427 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.9%; +0.92 pp vs. state
County GDP: $129.9B; 18.49% of state
Avg. annual pay: $76,411
Establishments: 36,727

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 169,281 23.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 158,009 21.8%
Professional & business services 112,741 15.5%
Manufacturing 89,659 12.4%
Leisure & hospitality 70,846 9.8%
Financial activities 34,654 4.8%
Public administration 31,060 4.3%
Construction 23,670 3.3%
Other services 22,945 3.2%
Information 5,836 0.8%
Unclassified 1,680 0.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,180 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 64.5%
Median gross rent: $1,087
Owner-occupied: 447,120
Renter-occupied: 246,326

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 856,511 votes cast

Democratic 537,032 62.7%
Republican 288,860 33.7%
Other / third-party 30,619 3.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

84.4% speak only English at home

Arabic 103,352 6.2%
Spanish 70,077 4.2%
Other Indo-European 43,336 2.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 9,871 0.6%
Slavic languages 7,858 0.5%
Other 6,359 0.4%
Chinese 4,915 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 4,221 0.3%
Tagalog 3,439 0.2%
German 2,858 0.2%
Vietnamese 1,937 0.1%
Korean 1,468 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 693,446
Family households: 412,645; 59.5% of households
Married w/ children: 250,665
Single-mother households: 59,990
Veterans: 68,659; 5.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.2% overall adherence rate

Catholic 245,106 13.7%
Black Protestant 186,692 10.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 174,047 9.7%
Evangelical Protestant 164,365 9.2%
Mainline Protestant 63,326 3.5%
Orthodox 12,451 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.3%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 3rd Judicial Circuit Court
Judges: 61 (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: Detroit

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 201; 14.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 190

NHTSA FARS 2023