Jury Pool Profile

Ashland County, Wisconsin

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 16,050
Median household income: $57,645
Unemployment: 4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,371 83.3%
Black or African American alone 122 0.8%
Asian alone 122 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,545 9.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 49 0.3%
Two or more races 840 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 459 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.1

Under 18 3,376 21.0%
18–24 1,481 9.2%
25–44 3,513 21.9%
45–64 4,300 26.8%
65 and over 3,380 21.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.0%; +0.8 pp vs. state
County GDP: $929.1M; 0.2% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,101
Establishments: 627

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,160 27.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,484 18.7%
Public administration 1,009 12.7%
Manufacturing 927 11.7%
Leisure & hospitality 740 9.3%
Construction 490 6.2%
Professional & business services 417 5.3%
Other services 253 3.2%
Financial activities 210 2.6%
Natural resources & mining 88 1.1%
Information 37 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $665
Owner-occupied: 4,956
Renter-occupied: 1,891

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,933 votes cast

Democratic 4,612 51.6%
Republican 4,191 46.9%
Other / third-party 130 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.3% speak only English at home

Other 172 1.1%
Spanish 156 1.0%
Other Indo-European 93 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.3%
Slavic languages 40 0.3%
German 38 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Tagalog 8 0.1%
Korean 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,847
Family households: 3,780; 55.2% of households
Married w/ children: 3,019
Single-mother households: 317
Veterans: 1,034; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

47.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 3,414 21.3%
Evangelical Protestant 2,022 12.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,627 10.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 546 3.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 15.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Ashland County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)
Judges: 22 (Circuit Court judges aggregated across all counties in each administrative Judicial District (Wis. Stat. § 753.06); vintage 2026 wicourts.gov. Note: WI's Circuit Court is per-county (72 trial venues); the 9 active numbered Judicial Districts are administrative chief-judge regions, not jurisdictions. Municipal Court judges (limited jurisdiction — city ordinances) are separate and not counted here.)
Court seats: Ashland

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 1; 7.89 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 1

NHTSA FARS 2023