Dodge County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 77,460 87.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 5,941 6.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,237 2.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 429 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,229 2.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 253 0.3%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 172 0.2%

• Under 18 17,235 19.4%
• 18–24 6,915 7.8%
• 25–44 22,525 25.4%
• 45–64 25,208 28.4%
• 65 and over 16,859 19.0%

Median household income

$78,999

90% interval $75,370–$82,628

+$1,442 vs WI · 21st of 72

Below poverty line

9.2%

90% interval 7.8%–10.6%

−1.1 pp vs WI · 49th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.8%

−0.53 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.0B

1.11% of state

Avg. annual pay

$62,846

Establishments

2,026

• Manufacturing 11,062 30.0%
• Education & health services 6,476 17.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,050 16.4%
• Construction 3,065 8.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,273 6.2%
• Professional & business services 2,226 6.0%
• Public administration 1,284 3.5%
• Other services 1,128 3.1%
• Natural resources & mining 928 2.5%
• Financial activities 699 1.9%
• Information 98 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 95.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.3%

+3.5 pp vs WI · 58th of 72

Median gross rent

$988

−$99 vs WI · 21st of 72

Owner-occupied

25,612

Renter-occupied

10,298

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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, $103,221/yr) pays 5.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,549/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Institutional employer scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, typical of an institutional-employer economy where large hospitals, plants, schools, and government agencies dominate. Expect many panelists to share an employer rather than work for themselves.

• Republican 33,067 65.8%
• Democratic 16,518 32.8%
• Other / third-party 707 1.4%

• Spanish 3,453 4.1%
• German or other West Germanic 353 0.4%
• Tagalog 183 0.2%
• Arabic 76 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 54 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 31 0.0%
• Korean 12 0.0%
• Chinese 9 0.0%

Households

35,910

Family households

22,358

62.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,689

29.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,553

6.9% of families

Veterans

4,894

6.8% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 18,585 20.8%
• Catholic 12,856 14.4%
• Mainline Protestant 7,155 8.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 818 0.9%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.6 pp

55th of 72

With a disability

12.2%

±0.6 pp

50th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

20.3%

±1 pp

−13.1 pp vs WI · 55th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.8%

90% interval 5.2%–6.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Dodge County Circuit Court (3rd Judicial District)

Judges

38 (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

Juneau

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

18

25.17 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13