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Jury Pool Profile

Green County, Wisconsin

Democratic +0.3 (2024)
County seat
Monroe
Judicial district
Green County Circuit Court (5th Judicial District)
Population (July 2025 estimate)
37,227
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 37,017.

At a glance

Green County is a 37,227-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $82,472, $4,915 above the WI state median of $77,557; 27.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 26.5% of covered employment, average pay $63,038/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.71%, below the 3.3% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 48% to 51% of the vote across the three.

Population
37,017
Median household income
$82,852
Unemployment
2.7%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 1%.

Green County has a population of 37,017, with a median age of 43.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.2%; Black residents 1.0%. Independently, 4.2% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $82,472; 27.7% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 8.4% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 34,049 92.0%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,567 4.2%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 284 0.8%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 209 0.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 791 2.1%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 92 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 43.6

  • Under 18 7,954 21.5%
  • 18–24 2,434 6.6%
  • 25–44 8,604 23.2%
  • 45–64 10,391 28.1%
  • 65 and over 7,634 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$82,472
90% interval $74,234–$90,710
+$4,915 vs WI · 14th of 72
Below poverty line
8.4%
90% interval 6.8%–10.0%
−1.9 pp vs WI · 57th of 72

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Led by manufacturing and trade & transportation

Largest sector in BLS QCEW: Manufacturing, about 4,170 jobs; Trade, transportation & utilities, about 3,550, is within 20% of it, counting the jobs BLS withholds.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 26.5% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 22.4%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 2.71%, below the Wisconsin state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.7%
−0.59 pp vs. state
County GDP
$2.5B
0.55% of state
Avg. annual pay
$53,608
Establishments
1,174

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 4,168 26.5%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 3,528 22.4%
  • Education & health services 2,968 18.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 1,168 7.4%
  • Public administration 841 5.3%
  • Professional & business services 738 4.7%
  • Construction 578 3.7%
  • Financial activities 444 2.8%
  • Natural resources & mining 430 2.7%
  • Other services 416 2.6%
  • Information 372 2.4%

The sectors listed cover 99.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
75.9%
+8.1 pp vs WI · 40th of 72
Median gross rent
$867
−$220 vs WI · 40th of 72
Owner-occupied
11,968
Renter-occupied
3,807

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Moderate wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $65,530/yr) pays 3.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,684/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

  • 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.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently Democratic

Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 50%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Green County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 49.5% in 2024, 50.7% in 2020, 48.5% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 22,026 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201646.3%48.5%
202047.5%50.7%
202449.2%49.5%
  • Democratic 10,903 49.5%
  • Republican 10,843 49.2%
  • Other / third-party 280 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 61% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.8% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

3.8% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 6.4% of the adult civilian population (1,851 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

96.2% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 844 2.4%
  • German or other West Germanic 202 0.6%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 60 0.2%
  • Tagalog 56 0.2%
  • Vietnamese 16 0.0%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 12 0.0%
  • Chinese 11 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
15,775
Family households
9,701
61.5% of households
Married couples w/ children
2,719
28.0% of families
Single-mother families
615
6.3% of families
Veterans
1,851
6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

31.4% overall adherence rate

  • Mainline Protestant 5,314 14.3%
  • Catholic 3,095 8.3%
  • Evangelical Protestant 2,635 7.1%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 609 1.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
96.2%
±0.8 pp
Uninsured
3.8%
±0.8 pp
63rd of 72
With a disability
11.9%
±0.9 pp
56th of 72
Bachelor's or higher
27.7%
±1.8 pp
−5.7 pp vs WI · 27th of 72
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
5.7%
90% interval 5.1%–6.3% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Green County Circuit Court (5th Judicial District)
Judges
31 (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
Monroe

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Green totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 3 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
3
10.32 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
3

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Green County, Wisconsin to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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