Grant County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 48,129 93.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,332 2.6%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 764 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 364 0.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 993 1.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 58 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 21 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 109 0.2%

• Under 18 10,942 21.1%
• 18–24 8,129 15.7%
• 25–44 11,426 22.1%
• 45–64 11,682 22.6%
• 65 and over 9,591 18.5%

Median household income

$73,612

90% interval $68,187–$79,037

−$3,945 vs WI · 36th of 72

Below poverty line

11.9%

90% interval 9.8%–14.0%

+1.6 pp vs WI · 20th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.1 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

0.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$49,231

Establishments

1,553

• Education & health services 4,328 25.2%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,306 19.3%
• Manufacturing 2,240 13.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,436 8.4%
• Public administration 1,033 6.0%
• Professional & business services 1,023 6.0%
• Construction 900 5.2%
• Financial activities 682 4.0%
• Natural resources & mining 629 3.7%
• Other services 324 1.9%
• Information 136 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 93.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

69.8%

+2.0 pp vs WI · 63rd of 72

Median gross rent

$813

−$274 vs WI · 52nd of 72

Owner-occupied

13,935

Renter-occupied

6,025

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Professional & business services, $66,898/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,457/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 15,922 58.4%
• Democratic 10,966 40.2%
• Other / third-party 366 1.3%

• German or other West Germanic 1,180 2.4%
• Spanish 608 1.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 184 0.4%
• Chinese 107 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%
• Tagalog 3 0.0%
• Korean 2 0.0%

Households

19,960

Family households

12,083

60.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,795

31.4% of families

Single-mother families

806

6.7% of families

Veterans

2,427

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 18,230 35.1%
• Mainline Protestant 6,123 11.8%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,525 6.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 434 0.8%
• Orthodox 22 0.0%

Health insured

92.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

8.0%

±0.9 pp

10th of 72

With a disability

11.3%

±0.8 pp

64th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

25.6%

±1.5 pp

−7.8 pp vs WI · 34th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.4%

90% interval 7.5%–9.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Grant County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)

Judges

18 (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

Lancaster

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

14.7 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6