Jury Pool Profile

Douglas County, Wisconsin

Democratic +5 (2024)

Population: 44,197
Median household income: $72,579
Unemployment: 4.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 40,184 90.9%
Black or African American alone 560 1.3%
Asian alone 470 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 592 1.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 189 0.4%
Two or more races 2,202 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 829 1.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.8

Under 18 8,531 19.3%
18–24 3,694 8.4%
25–44 11,068 25.0%
45–64 12,041 27.2%
65 and over 8,863 20.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.7%; +1.53 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.4B; 0.53% of state
Avg. annual pay: $52,809
Establishments: 1,215

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 4,297 26.8%
Education & health services 2,978 18.6%
Leisure & hospitality 2,446 15.3%
Manufacturing 1,756 10.9%
Construction 980 6.1%
Professional & business services 877 5.5%
Public administration 768 4.8%
Other services 578 3.6%
Financial activities 475 3.0%
Information 163 1.0%
Natural resources & mining 52 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.1%
Median gross rent: $903
Owner-occupied: 13,669
Renter-occupied: 5,278

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,165 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.4% speak only English at home

Spanish 366 0.9%
Other 140 0.3%
Vietnamese 126 0.3%
German 102 0.2%
Chinese 100 0.2%
Slavic languages 92 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 69 0.2%
Other Indo-European 58 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 22 0.1%
Tagalog 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,947
Family households: 10,971; 57.9% of households
Married w/ children: 8,661
Single-mother households: 938
Veterans: 2,977; 8.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

30.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.3%
With a disability: 15.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 16.82 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023