Burnett County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,160 89.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 333 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 148 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 92 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 640 3.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 472 2.8%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 63 0.4%

• Under 18 2,649 15.7%
• 18–24 884 5.2%
• 25–44 2,948 17.4%
• 45–64 4,975 29.4%
• 65 and over 5,460 32.3%

Median household income

$65,340

90% interval $60,558–$70,122

−$12,217 vs WI · 63rd of 72

Below poverty line

10.6%

90% interval 8.4%–12.8%

+0.3 pp vs WI · 33rd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

5.1%

+1.78 pp vs. state

County GDP

$750.9M

0.17% of state

Avg. annual pay

$46,693

Establishments

479

• Education & health services 1,020 19.6%
• Manufacturing 901 17.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 766 14.7%
• Public administration 761 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 636 12.2%
• Other services 190 3.6%
• Construction 182 3.5%
• Professional & business services 178 3.4%
• Financial activities 108 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 80 1.5%
• Information 45 0.9%

The sectors listed cover 93.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.9%

+18.1 pp vs WI · 5th of 72

Median gross rent

$771

−$316 vs WI · 63rd of 72

Owner-occupied

6,171

Renter-occupied

1,017

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $69,814/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,752/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 7,008 64.8%
• Democratic 3,665 33.9%
• Other / third-party 134 1.2%

• Spanish 94 0.6%
• German or other West Germanic 85 0.5%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 15 0.1%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1 0.0%

Households

7,188

Family households

4,361

60.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

677

15.5% of families

Single-mother families

221

5.1% of families

Veterans

1,473

10.3% of civilians 18+

• Mainline Protestant 1,875 11.3%
• Catholic 1,047 6.3%
• Evangelical Protestant 751 4.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 115 0.7%

Health insured

94.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±0.9 pp

24th of 72

With a disability

18.5%

±0.9 pp

2nd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

22.4%

±1.3 pp

−11.0 pp vs WI · 46th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.5%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

The under-65 uninsured rate is not comparable to the ACS insurance figures, which cover all ages.

Trial court

Burnett 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

Siren

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

5

35.05 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4