1. Start with the geography your firm actually serves
Orion charter township is recorded in the 2020–2024 ACS 5-year data as a municipal-town in Oakland County, Michigan, with an estimated population of 38,546 and a margin of error of 30. That is eligibility and geographic context, not evidence of search demand, case volume, competition or revenue. Your intake records should therefore preserve geography as a matter attribute rather than use population as a proxy for opportunity. An inquiry associated with Orion is not automatically an Oakland County-wide inquiry, and neither is interchangeable with a Michigan-wide lead.
Recommended approach
During a consultation, review whether your records distinguish Orion from Oakland County and from the wider Michigan service area. Decide whether geography should be captured as an intake answer, a matter field, or both. Then determine how a geographic field would be used alongside source, case type and outcome without overstating what the Census estimate can prove.
