Jury Pool Profile

Wexford County, Michigan

Republican +35 (2024)

Population: 33,868
Median household income: $63,123
Unemployment: 6.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 31,309 92.4%
Black or African American alone 354 1.0%
Asian alone 200 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 96 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 143 0.4%
Two or more races 1,755 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 845 2.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.2

Under 18 7,804 23.0%
18–24 2,335 6.9%
25–44 8,002 23.6%
45–64 8,894 26.3%
65 and over 6,833 20.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 6.3%; +1.24 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.25% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,377
Establishments: 895

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 3,171 24.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,664 20.2%
Education & health services 2,524 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,213 9.2%
Public administration 1,007 7.7%
Professional & business services 847 6.4%
Other services 409 3.1%
Construction 289 2.2%
Financial activities 230 1.7%
Information 194 1.5%
Natural resources & mining 148 1.1%
Unclassified 19 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.4%
Median gross rent: $877
Owner-occupied: 10,927
Renter-occupied: 2,501

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 19,476 votes cast

Republican 12,968 66.6%
Democratic 6,224 32.0%
Other / third-party 284 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.0% speak only English at home

German 417 1.3%
Spanish 244 0.8%
Slavic languages 94 0.3%
Other 68 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 57 0.2%
Other Indo-European 38 0.1%
Tagalog 27 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 5 0.0%
Chinese 4 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 13,428
Family households: 9,031; 67.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,758
Single-mother households: 833
Veterans: 2,475; 9.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 6,439 19.1%
Mainline Protestant 2,210 6.6%
Catholic 908 2.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 529 1.6%
Orthodox 25 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.5%
With a disability: 18.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 21.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: 28th 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: Cadillac, Lake City

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Michigan statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 38.37 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023