Jury Pool Profile
Bayfield County, Wisconsin
- County seat
- Washburn
- Judicial district
- Bayfield County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 16,787
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 16,575.
At a glance
Bayfield County is a 16,787-person venue. The county population is 84% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $71,352, $6,205 below the WI state median of $77,557; 35.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest published sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 20.4% of covered employment, average pay $25,605/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.63%, above the 3.3% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 52% to 56% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 16,575
- Median household income
- $71,151
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 84% / 1%.
Bayfield County has a population of 16,575, with a median age of 54.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 84.1%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 2.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $71,352; 35.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Leisure & hospitality about 940, Education & health services about 850.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest published sector at 20.4% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 19.9%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.63%, above the Wisconsin state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 54%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Bayfield County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 54.5% in 2024, 56.5% in 2020, 52.2% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 66% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 10.7% of the adult civilian population (1,488 individuals).