Jury Pool Profile
Door County, Wisconsin
- County seat
- Sturgeon Bay
- Judicial district
- Door County Circuit Court (8th Judicial District)
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 30,616
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 30,445.
At a glance
Door County is a 30,616-person venue. The county population is 92% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $84,480, $6,923 above the WI state median of $77,557; 37.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish. The largest employment sector is Leisure & hospitality, at 22.7% of covered employment, average pay $31,343/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.61%, above the 3.3% state average. The county has not voted for the same party across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles . See Section 3 for cycle-by-cycle breakdowns.
- Population
- 30,445
- Median household income
- $74,795
- Unemployment
- 3.6%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 92% / 0%.
Door County has a population of 30,445, with a median age of 54.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 92.4%; Black residents 0.2%. Independently, 4.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $84,480; 37.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 7.9% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Leisure & hospitality, about 23% of covered jobs.
Leisure & hospitality is the largest employment sector at 22.7% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 17.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 3.61%, above the Wisconsin state average.
Political composition
Different parties won across the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles.
Door County was carried by the Democratic candidate with 50.6% of the vote in 2024; the Democratic candidate with 49.9% of the vote in 2020; the Republican candidate with 49.3% of the vote in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 4.3% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
4.3% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, French, Haitian, or Cajun, German or other West Germanic. Veterans account for 7.5% of the adult civilian population (1,921 individuals).