Jury Pool Profile

Burnett County, Wisconsin

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 16,741
Median household income: $61,664
Unemployment: 5.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,179 90.7%
Black or African American alone 129 0.8%
Asian alone 74 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 577 3.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.1%
Some other race alone 73 0.4%
Two or more races 698 4.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 325 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 55.2

Under 18 2,701 16.1%
18–24 886 5.3%
25–44 2,912 17.4%
45–64 5,008 29.9%
65 and over 5,234 31.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.2%; +2.03 pp vs. state
County GDP: $750.9M; 0.17% of state
Avg. annual pay: $44,320
Establishments: 469

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 944 18.6%
Manufacturing 916 18.1%
Public administration 769 15.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 759 15.0%
Leisure & hospitality 598 11.8%
Other services 185 3.6%
Construction 177 3.5%
Professional & business services 145 2.9%
Financial activities 113 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 77 1.5%
Information 45 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 85.3%
Median gross rent: $758
Owner-occupied: 6,045
Renter-occupied: 1,042

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,807 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 114 0.7%
German 92 0.6%
Other 53 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 52 0.3%
Other Indo-European 46 0.3%
French (incl. Cajun) 19 0.1%
Slavic languages 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,087
Family households: 4,352; 61.4% of households
Married w/ children: 3,604
Single-mother households: 239
Veterans: 1,492; 10.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

22.9% overall adherence rate

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

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.7%
With a disability: 19.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 5; 35.61 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023