Douglas County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 39,695 89.7%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 860 1.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 372 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 331 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,356 5.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 496 1.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 119 0.3%

• Under 18 8,471 19.2%
• 18–24 3,663 8.3%
• 25–44 11,114 25.1%
• 45–64 11,836 26.8%
• 65 and over 9,145 20.7%

Median household income

$71,130

90% interval $65,426–$76,834

−$6,427 vs WI · 46th of 72

Below poverty line

11.9%

90% interval 9.8%–14.0%

+1.6 pp vs WI · 19th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.6%

+1.34 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,570

Establishments

1,247

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,098 26.2%
• Education & health services 3,025 19.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,444 15.6%
• Manufacturing 1,863 11.9%
• Public administration 770 4.9%
• Professional & business services 672 4.3%
• Financial activities 574 3.7%

The sectors listed cover 86.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.9%

+4.1 pp vs WI · 55th of 72

Median gross rent

$909

−$178 vs WI · 33rd of 72

Owner-occupied

13,774

Renter-occupied

5,386

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 61% 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 (Manufacturing, $85,279/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,048/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 13 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 13,073 51.9%
• Republican 11,732 46.6%
• Other / third-party 360 1.4%

• Spanish 309 0.7%
• Chinese 111 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 81 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 77 0.2%
• Vietnamese 28 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.1%
• Tagalog 15 0.0%

Households

19,160

Family households

10,823

56.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,829

26.1% of families

Single-mother families

869

8.0% of families

Veterans

2,802

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 6,864 15.5%
• Mainline Protestant 4,059 9.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 2,303 5.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 292 0.7%

Health insured

96.0%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.0%

±0.7 pp

59th of 72

With a disability

14.5%

±1.2 pp

25th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

28.4%

±1.7 pp

−5.0 pp vs WI · 23rd 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

Douglas County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (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

Superior

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

33.56 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9