Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 89,538 86.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,129 6.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 1,768 1.7%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,917 1.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 3,080 3.0%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 147 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 558 0.5%

• Under 18 21,999 21.1%
• 18–24 8,873 8.5%
• 25–44 25,147 24.1%
• 45–64 27,504 26.4%
• 65 and over 20,614 19.8%

Median household income

$77,061

90% interval $71,605–$82,517

−$496 vs WI · 24th of 72

Below poverty line

9.1%

90% interval 7.6%–10.6%

−1.2 pp vs WI · 50th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.27 pp vs. state

County GDP

$6.7B

1.49% of state

Avg. annual pay

$61,132

Establishments

2,541

• Manufacturing 9,688 21.6%
• Education & health services 8,773 19.5%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 8,444 18.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 4,184 9.3%
• Construction 3,153 7.0%
• Professional & business services 2,999 6.7%
• Public administration 1,907 4.2%
• Financial activities 1,711 3.8%
• Other services 1,355 3.0%
• Natural resources & mining 1,347 3.0%
• Information 723 1.6%

The sectors listed cover 98.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

70.7%

+2.9 pp vs WI · 61st of 72

Median gross rent

$960

−$127 vs WI · 26th of 72

Owner-occupied

30,579

Renter-occupied

12,664

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% 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, $88,850/yr) pays 4.4× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,340/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Republican 37,272 63.8%
• Democratic 20,495 35.1%
• Other / third-party 671 1.1%

• Spanish 3,808 3.9%
• Chinese 536 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 441 0.4%
• Tagalog 79 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 78 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 38 0.0%

Households

43,243

Family households

26,500

61.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

6,961

26.3% of families

Single-mother families

1,906

7.2% of families

Veterans

5,803

7.1% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 31,485 30.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 17,251 16.6%
• Mainline Protestant 9,422 9.0%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,023 1.0%
• Orthodox 100 0.1%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.5 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.5 pp

56th of 72

With a disability

12.3%

±0.9 pp

48th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

22.3%

±1.2 pp

−11.1 pp vs WI · 47th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.1%

90% interval 5.5%–6.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Fond du Lac County Circuit Court (4th 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

Fond du Lac

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

14.61 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12