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Jury Pool Profile

Door County, Wisconsin

Democratic +2 (2024)
Population
30,279
Median household income
$71,785
Unemployment
3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 28,252 93.3%
  • Black or African American alone 201 0.7%
  • Asian alone 89 0.3%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 233 0.8%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 306 1.0%
  • Two or more races 1,198 4.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,192 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 54.1

  • Under 18 4,851 16.0%
  • 18–24 1,736 5.7%
  • 25–44 5,725 18.9%
  • 45–64 8,428 27.8%
  • 65 and over 9,539 31.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
3.6%
+0.43 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.0B
0.44% of state
Avg. annual pay
$45,594
Establishments
1,422

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Leisure & hospitality 3,243 22.8%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 2,470 17.4%
  • Education & health services 2,372 16.7%
  • Manufacturing 2,187 15.4%
  • Public administration 971 6.8%
  • Construction 732 5.1%
  • Professional & business services 714 5.0%
  • Other services 685 4.8%
  • Financial activities 374 2.6%
  • Natural resources & mining 291 2.0%
  • Information 122 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
79.3%
Median gross rent
$995
Owner-occupied
11,407
Renter-occupied
2,970

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 20,896 votes cast

  • Democratic 10,565 50.6%
  • Republican 10,099 48.3%
  • Other / third-party 232 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 769 2.6%
  • German 98 0.3%
  • Other Indo-European 98 0.3%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 89 0.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 47 0.2%
  • Slavic languages 38 0.1%
  • Other 23 0.1%
  • Tagalog 18 0.1%
  • Chinese 14 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
14,377
Family households
8,815
61.3% of households
Married w/ children
7,664
Single-mother households
430
Veterans
1,937
7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.6% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 7,945 26.4%
  • Mainline Protestant 4,170 13.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 4,026 13.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 578 1.9%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.2%
With a disability
12.0%
Bachelor's or higher
37.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Door County Circuit Court (8th 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
Sturgeon Bay

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
4
15.73 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Door 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.