Jury Pool Profile
Dane County, Wisconsin
Democratic +52 (2024)
- Population
- 564,777
- Median household income
- $88,108
- Unemployment
- 2.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 445,942 79.0%
- Black or African American alone 28,986 5.1%
- Asian alone 33,650 6.0%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,437 0.3%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 351 0.1%
- Some other race alone 10,632 1.9%
- Two or more races 43,779 7.8%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 42,861 7.6%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 35.6
- Under 18 112,908 20.0%
- 18–24 76,160 13.5%
- 25–44 165,427 29.3%
- 45–64 127,252 22.5%
- 65 and over 83,030 14.7%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 2.6%
- -0.57 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $62.8B
- 13.86% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $74,481
- Establishments
- 18,084
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Education & health services 101,156 28.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 53,329 14.8%
- Professional & business services 46,509 12.9%
- Leisure & hospitality 35,093 9.8%
- Manufacturing 26,318 7.3%
- Financial activities 22,261 6.2%
- Information 19,711 5.5%
- Construction 18,172 5.1%
- Other services 11,370 3.2%
- Public administration 10,001 2.8%
- Natural resources & mining 2,624 0.7%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 57.7%
- Median gross rent
- $1,345
- Owner-occupied
- 141,699
- Renter-occupied
- 104,037
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 364,840 votes cast
- Democratic 273,995 75.1%
- Republican 85,454 23.4%
- Other / third-party 5,391 1.5%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
89.0% speak only English at home
- Spanish 24,537 4.6%
- Other Asian/Pacific 8,216 1.5%
- Other Indo-European 7,610 1.4%
- Chinese 6,528 1.2%
- Other 2,511 0.5%
- Slavic languages 2,373 0.4%
- German 1,936 0.4%
- French (incl. Cajun) 1,488 0.3%
- Korean 1,249 0.2%
- Arabic 1,235 0.2%
- Vietnamese 805 0.2%
- Tagalog 689 0.1%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 245,736
- Family households
- 132,878
- 54.1% of households
- Married w/ children
- 106,425
- Single-mother households
- 11,410
- Veterans
- 20,586
- 4.6% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
36.6% overall adherence rate
- Catholic 82,737 14.7%
- Mainline Protestant 56,724 10.1%
- Evangelical Protestant 38,985 6.9%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 25,155 4.5%
- Black Protestant 1,100 0.2%
- Orthodox 960 0.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 96.4%
- With a disability
- 8.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 54.4%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Dane 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
- Madison
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 29
- 6.42 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 27
NHTSA FARS 2023