Calumet County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 46,318 87.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,016 5.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 496 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,375 2.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,446 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 104 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 187 0.4%

• Under 18 11,760 22.2%
• 18–24 3,922 7.4%
• 25–44 13,185 24.9%
• 45–64 14,971 28.3%
• 65 and over 9,104 17.2%

Median household income

$94,597

90% interval $85,520–$103,674

+$17,040 vs WI · 5th of 72

Below poverty line

5.8%

90% interval 4.7%–6.9%

−4.5 pp vs WI · 70th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.6%

−0.71 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.3B

0.51% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,772

Establishments

1,056

• Manufacturing 3,892 24.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,741 23.1%
• Education & health services 2,195 13.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,905 11.8%
• Natural resources & mining 898 5.5%
• Construction 853 5.3%
• Public administration 661 4.1%
• Professional & business services 626 3.9%

The sectors listed cover 91.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+12.3 pp vs WI · 20th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,073

−$14 vs WI · 11th of 72

Owner-occupied

17,114

Renter-occupied

4,258

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $69,501/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,878/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 19,488 59.3%
• Democratic 12,927 39.3%
• Other / third-party 445 1.4%

• Spanish 1,635 3.2%
• German or other West Germanic 179 0.4%
• Korean 97 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 78 0.2%
• Vietnamese 75 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 36 0.1%
• Chinese 29 0.1%
• Tagalog 8 0.0%

Households

21,372

Family households

14,951

70.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

4,970

33.2% of families

Single-mother families

944

6.3% of families

Veterans

2,309

5.6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 11,305 21.6%
• Evangelical Protestant 10,616 20.2%
• Mainline Protestant 1,436 2.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,159 2.2%

Health insured

97.4%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

2.6%

±0.6 pp

71st of 72

With a disability

10.0%

±0.9 pp

69th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

33.0%

±1.7 pp

−0.4 pp vs WI · 14th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

4.9%

90% interval 4.4%–5.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Calumet County Circuit Court (4th 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

Chilton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

4

9.71 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

4