Jury Pool Profile

Columbia County, Wisconsin

Republican +5 (2024)

Population: 58,322
Median household income: $82,792
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 53,691 92.1%
Black or African American alone 1,094 1.9%
Asian alone 449 0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 270 0.5%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 524 0.9%
Two or more races 2,294 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,269 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 43.3

Under 18 12,131 20.8%
18–24 4,179 7.2%
25–44 14,357 24.6%
45–64 16,509 28.3%
65 and over 11,146 19.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.13 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.3B; 0.94% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,667
Establishments: 1,775

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 5,178 23.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 4,202 19.1%
Education & health services 4,160 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,543 11.6%
Professional & business services 1,539 7.0%
Public administration 1,318 6.0%
Construction 1,099 5.0%
Other services 578 2.6%
Financial activities 489 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 343 1.6%
Information 131 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.9%
Median gross rent: $926
Owner-occupied: 18,634
Renter-occupied: 5,597

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 34,843 votes cast

Republican 17,988 51.6%
Democratic 16,388 47.0%
Other / third-party 467 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,047 1.9%
German 605 1.1%
Other 210 0.4%
Other Asian/Pacific 163 0.3%
Other Indo-European 92 0.2%
Slavic languages 81 0.1%
Tagalog 63 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.0%
Chinese 21 0.0%
Arabic 15 0.0%
Vietnamese 14 0.0%
Korean 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 24,231
Family households: 15,896; 65.6% of households
Married w/ children: 12,568
Single-mother households: 1,250
Veterans: 3,578; 7.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

39.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,410 14.4%
Mainline Protestant 7,155 12.2%
Catholic 6,992 12.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 321 0.5%
Orthodox 12 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 11.8%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Columbia County Circuit Court (5th Judicial District)
Judges: 31 (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: Portage

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 12.99 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023