Chippewa County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 61,692 92.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,311 2.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 964 1.4%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 873 1.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,628 2.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 277 0.4%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 50 0.1%

• Under 18 14,291 21.4%
• 18–24 4,616 6.9%
• 25–44 16,908 25.3%
• 45–64 17,796 26.6%
• 65 and over 13,188 19.7%

Median household income

$72,337

90% interval $66,024–$78,650

−$5,220 vs WI · 41st of 72

Below poverty line

10.7%

90% interval 8.9%–12.5%

+0.4 pp vs WI · 32nd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.8%

+0.46 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.9B

0.85% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,235

Establishments

2,040

• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,291 23.1%
• Manufacturing 5,566 20.4%
• Education & health services 5,074 18.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,512 9.2%
• Construction 2,063 7.6%
• Professional & business services 1,759 6.5%
• Public administration 1,223 4.5%
• Other services 766 2.8%
• Financial activities 669 2.5%
• Natural resources & mining 420 1.5%
• Information 122 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 97.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

74.2%

+6.4 pp vs WI · 45th of 72

Median gross rent

$963

−$124 vs WI · 25th of 72

Owner-occupied

20,126

Renter-occupied

7,013

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 62% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $85,740/yr) pays 4.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,217/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 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 23,399 60.9%
• Democratic 14,573 38.0%
• Other / third-party 428 1.1%

• Spanish 942 1.5%
• German or other West Germanic 697 1.1%
• Tagalog 126 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 93 0.1%
• Vietnamese 31 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 29 0.0%
• Korean 29 0.0%

Households

27,139

Family households

17,159

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,061

29.5% of families

Single-mother families

1,142

6.7% of families

Veterans

4,194

8% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 13,191 19.9%
• Mainline Protestant 6,705 10.1%
• Evangelical Protestant 5,263 7.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 470 0.7%
• Orthodox 28 0.0%

Health insured

95.6%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.4%

±0.6 pp

50th of 72

With a disability

11.7%

±0.9 pp

59th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

24.2%

±1.5 pp

−9.2 pp vs WI · 40th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.7%

90% interval 6.0%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Chippewa 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

Chippewa Falls

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

15.24 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8