Jury Pool Profile

Barron County, Wisconsin

Republican +29 (2024)

Population: 46,741
Median household income: $64,619
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 43,043 92.1%
Black or African American alone 719 1.5%
Asian alone 256 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 210 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 783 1.7%
Two or more races 1,730 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,399 3.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 44.8

Under 18 9,959 21.3%
18–24 3,419 7.3%
25–44 10,067 21.5%
45–64 12,479 26.7%
65 and over 10,817 23.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +0.97 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,983
Establishments: 1,569

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 4,939 23.0%
Education & health services 4,918 22.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,297 20.0%
Leisure & hospitality 2,045 9.5%
Professional & business services 1,337 6.2%
Public administration 1,122 5.2%
Construction 767 3.6%
Financial activities 582 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 480 2.2%
Other services 327 1.5%
Information 153 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.8%
Median gross rent: $859
Owner-occupied: 15,058
Renter-occupied: 4,555

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 26,775 votes cast

Republican 16,726 62.5%
Democratic 8,941 33.4%
Other / third-party 1,108 4.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 906 2.0%
Other 311 0.7%
German 282 0.6%
Other Indo-European 72 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 69 0.2%
Tagalog 57 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 53 0.1%
Slavic languages 40 0.1%
Arabic 18 0.0%
Korean 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 19,613
Family households: 12,599; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 10,064
Single-mother households: 887
Veterans: 2,895; 7.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.7% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 9,157 19.6%
Evangelical Protestant 6,792 14.5%
Catholic 6,740 14.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 880 1.9%
Orthodox 110 0.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.3%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Barron 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: Barron

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 7; 19.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023