Jury Pool Profile

Chippewa County, Wisconsin

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 66,558
Median household income: $74,009
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 61,956 93.1%
Black or African American alone 1,040 1.6%
Asian alone 974 1.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 323 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 1 0.0%
Some other race alone 225 0.3%
Two or more races 2,039 3.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,286 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.7

Under 18 14,426 21.7%
18–24 4,519 6.8%
25–44 16,905 25.4%
45–64 17,967 27.0%
65 and over 12,741 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.61 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.9B; 0.85% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,189
Establishments: 1,963

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 6,176 23.2%
Manufacturing 5,662 21.3%
Education & health services 5,001 18.8%
Leisure & hospitality 2,416 9.1%
Construction 1,808 6.8%
Professional & business services 1,565 5.9%
Public administration 1,222 4.6%
Other services 793 3.0%
Financial activities 672 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 412 1.5%
Information 134 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 74.6%
Median gross rent: $963
Owner-occupied: 19,823
Renter-occupied: 6,744

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 38,400 votes cast

Republican 23,399 60.9%
Democratic 14,573 38.0%
Other / third-party 428 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 948 1.5%
German 666 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 334 0.5%
Other 214 0.3%
Slavic languages 82 0.1%
Other Indo-European 82 0.1%
Tagalog 79 0.1%
Chinese 72 0.1%
Korean 43 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 12 0.0%
Vietnamese 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 26,567
Family households: 16,889; 63.6% of households
Married w/ children: 13,666
Single-mother households: 1,122
Veterans: 4,030; 7.7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 11.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 7.67 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023