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Jury Pool Profile

Brown County, Wisconsin

Republican +8 (2024)
Population
269,425
Median household income
$77,490
Unemployment
2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 216,766 80.5%
  • Black or African American alone 7,160 2.7%
  • Asian alone 8,693 3.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,050 1.9%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 21 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 10,480 3.9%
  • Two or more races 21,255 7.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 26,989 10.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.9

  • Under 18 62,752 23.3%
  • 18–24 24,820 9.2%
  • 25–44 71,153 26.4%
  • 45–64 67,908 25.2%
  • 65 and over 42,792 15.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.9%
-0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP
$25.7B
5.67% of state
Avg. annual pay
$63,349
Establishments
7,615

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 34,178 21.7%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 32,302 20.5%
  • Manufacturing 28,647 18.2%
  • Professional & business services 17,472 11.1%
  • Leisure & hospitality 17,059 10.8%
  • Financial activities 8,053 5.1%
  • Construction 7,927 5.0%
  • Public administration 3,804 2.4%
  • Other services 3,779 2.4%
  • Information 1,711 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 1,010 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
64.6%
Median gross rent
$973
Owner-occupied
71,240
Renter-occupied
39,008

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 148,960 votes cast

  • Republican 79,132 53.1%
  • Democratic 67,937 45.6%
  • Other / third-party 1,891 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 16,939 6.7%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 3,241 1.3%
  • Other Indo-European 1,136 0.4%
  • Other 1,074 0.4%
  • German 761 0.3%
  • Slavic languages 632 0.2%
  • Tagalog 484 0.2%
  • Arabic 353 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 322 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 305 0.1%
  • Chinese 304 0.1%
  • Korean 96 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
110,248
Family households
67,701
61.4% of households
Married w/ children
52,089
Single-mother households
6,016
Veterans
13,509
6.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 87,835 32.7%
  • Evangelical Protestant 36,638 13.6%
  • Mainline Protestant 17,479 6.5%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,581 1.7%
  • Black Protestant 126 0.0%
  • Orthodox 80 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.5%
With a disability
11.6%
Bachelor's or higher
32.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Brown County Circuit Court (8th Judicial District)
Judges
31 (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
Green Bay

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
12
5.81 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
11

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Brown County, Wisconsin to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.