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Clark County, Wisconsin

Republican +39.0 (2024)
County seat
Neillsville
Judicial district
Clark County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)
Population (July 2025 estimate)
35,052
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 34,739.

At a glance

Clark County is a 35,052-person venue. The county population is 91% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,586, $11,971 below the WI state median of $77,557; 13.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 18.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly German or other West Germanic and Spanish. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 31.6% of covered employment, average pay $65,532/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.06%, below the 3.3% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 64% to 68% of the vote across the three.

Population
34,739
Median household income
$67,400
Unemployment
3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 91% / 1%.

Clark County has a population of 34,739, with a median age of 36.7. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 91.2%; Black residents 0.9%. Independently, 6.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,586; 13.0% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.7% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 31,436 90.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,232 6.4%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 102 0.3%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 136 0.4%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 713 2.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 43 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 3 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 74 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 36.7

  • Under 18 10,305 29.7%
  • 18–24 2,865 8.2%
  • 25–44 7,204 20.7%
  • 45–64 8,381 24.1%
  • 65 and over 5,984 17.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,586
90% interval $61,759–$69,413
−$11,971 vs WI · 61st of 72
Below poverty line
13.7%
90% interval 11.6%–15.8%
+3.4 pp vs WI · 6th of 72

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 32% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 31.6% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 21.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.06%, below the Wisconsin state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.1%
−0.24 pp vs. state
County GDP
$1.9B
0.42% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,555
Establishments
961

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 3,607 31.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,413 21.1%
  • Education & health services 1,735 15.2%
  • Public administration 1,058 9.3%
  • Construction 739 6.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 678 5.9%
  • Leisure & hospitality 508 4.4%
  • Other services 228 2.0%
  • Professional & business services 220 1.9%
  • Financial activities 155 1.4%
  • Information 62 0.5%

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
78.5%
+10.7 pp vs WI · 24th of 72
Median gross rent
$823
−$264 vs WI · 48th of 72
Owner-occupied
10,082
Renter-occupied
2,757

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Construction, $77,656/yr) pays 5.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $13,332/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 12 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 66%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Clark County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 68.4% in 2024, 67.1% in 2020, 63.8% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 15,315 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201663.8%31.2%
202067.1%30.4%
202468.4%29.4%
  • Republican 10,481 68.4%
  • Democratic 4,509 29.4%
  • Other / third-party 325 2.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, linguistically diverse

Family households are 68% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 18.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

18.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are German or other West Germanic, Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.2% of the adult civilian population (1,524 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

81.7% speak only English at home

  • German or other West Germanic 4,151 13.0%
  • Spanish 1,466 4.6%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 44 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 23 0.1%
  • Tagalog 20 0.1%
  • Korean 18 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
12,839
Family households
8,766
68.3% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,882
32.9% of families
Single-mother families
552
6.3% of families
Veterans
1,524
6.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

57.9% overall adherence rate

  • Evangelical Protestant 8,467 24.4%
  • Catholic 7,925 22.9%
  • Mainline Protestant 3,189 9.2%
  • Black Protestant 300 0.9%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 170 0.5%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
77.5%
±1.4 pp
Uninsured
22.5%
±1.4 pp
1st of 72
With a disability
11.9%
±0.7 pp
54th of 72
Bachelor's or higher
13.0%
±0.8 pp
−20.4 pp vs WI · 72nd of 72
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
20.8%
90% interval 19.1%–22.5% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Clark County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)
Judges
18 (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
Neillsville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Clark totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 13 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
13
53.2 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Clark County, Wisconsin to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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