Jury Pool Profile
Forest County, Wisconsin
Republican +33 (2024)
- Population
- 9,261
- Median household income
- $59,727
- Unemployment
- 4.6%
Who sits on a jury?
Race & ethnicity
- White alone 7,256 78.4%
- Black or African American alone 35 0.4%
- Asian alone 13 0.1%
- American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,073 11.6%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
- Some other race alone 222 2.4%
- Two or more races 662 7.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 202 2.2%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Age distribution
Median age 49.1
- Under 18 1,769 19.1%
- 18–24 632 6.8%
- 25–44 1,851 20.0%
- 45–64 2,693 29.1%
- 65 and over 2,316 25.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Economic context
Local economy
- Unemployment (12-mo)
- 4.6%
- +1.42 pp vs. state
- County GDP
- $430.3M
- 0.09% of state
- Avg. annual pay
- $45,541
- Establishments
- 301
U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024
Top employment sectors
Average annual employment by supersector
- Public administration 1,185 36.5%
- Leisure & hospitality 507 15.6%
- Education & health services 460 14.2%
- Trade, transportation & utilities 444 13.7%
- Manufacturing 293 9.0%
- Professional & business services 107 3.3%
- Financial activities 88 2.7%
- Construction 84 2.6%
- Natural resources & mining 37 1.1%
BLS QCEW 2024
Housing
- Home ownership
- 82.4%
- Median gross rent
- $585
- Owner-occupied
- 3,255
- Renter-occupied
- 697
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Political composition
Presidential results
2024 presidential · 5,095 votes cast
- Republican 3,382 66.4%
- Democratic 1,681 33.0%
- Other / third-party 32 0.6%
Election results 2024
Languages, households, faith & health
Languages spoken at home
97.1% speak only English at home
- Other 116 1.3%
- Spanish 62 0.7%
- German 43 0.5%
- French (incl. Cajun) 11 0.1%
- Slavic languages 9 0.1%
- Arabic 5 0.1%
- Other Indo-European 4 0.0%
- Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Household composition
- Households
- 3,952
- Family households
- 2,609
- 66.0% of households
- Married w/ children
- 2,000
- Single-mother households
- 203
- Veterans
- 588
- 7.9% of civilians 18+
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Religious composition
40.9% overall adherence rate
- Evangelical Protestant 1,843 20.1%
- Catholic 1,599 17.4%
- Mainline Protestant 206 2.2%
- Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 106 1.2%
US Religion Census 2020
Health & education
- Health insured
- 92.0%
- With a disability
- 17.9%
- Bachelor's or higher
- 15.5%
U.S. Census ACS 2023
Court infrastructure
Court infrastructure
- Trial court
- Forest County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)
- Judges
- 19 (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
- Crandon
This judicial district spans multiple countys.
Traffic safety context
Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific
- Traffic fatalities
- 2
- 26.7 per 100k drivers
- Fatal crashes
- 2
NHTSA FARS 2023