Iowa County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 22,051 92.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 545 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 181 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 209 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 785 3.3%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 21 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 75 0.3%

• Under 18 5,152 21.6%
• 18–24 1,595 6.7%
• 25–44 5,508 23.1%
• 45–64 6,723 28.2%
• 65 and over 4,889 20.5%

Median household income

$79,607

90% interval $74,385–$84,829

+$2,050 vs WI · 17th of 72

Below poverty line

8.7%

90% interval 7.0%–10.4%

−1.6 pp vs WI · 54th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.43 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.37% of state

Avg. annual pay

$57,100

Establishments

741

• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,675 34.3%
• Manufacturing 2,079 19.4%
• Education & health services 2,007 18.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 967 9.0%
• Construction 457 4.3%
• Public administration 380 3.5%
• Natural resources & mining 345 3.2%
• Professional & business services 277 2.6%
• Financial activities 184 1.7%
• Other services 164 1.5%
• Information 39 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 98.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.4%

+9.6 pp vs WI · 33rd of 72

Median gross rent

$954

−$133 vs WI · 28th of 72

Owner-occupied

7,828

Renter-occupied

2,290

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 72% 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 (Manufacturing, $72,628/yr) pays 3.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,964/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

• Democratic 7,750 52.9%
• Republican 6,631 45.3%
• Other / third-party 266 1.8%

• Spanish 268 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 63 0.3%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 32 0.1%
• Tagalog 10 0.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 7 0.0%

Households

10,118

Family households

6,429

63.5% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,781

27.7% of families

Single-mother families

318

4.9% of families

Veterans

1,102

5.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 4,909 20.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 4,156 17.5%
• Mainline Protestant 2,950 12.4%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,507 6.4%
• Black Protestant 180 0.8%

Health insured

96.6%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

3.4%

±0.6 pp

67th of 72

With a disability

12.1%

±1.1 pp

52nd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

28.4%

±1.6 pp

−5.0 pp vs WI · 24th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.5%

90% interval 4.9%–6.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Iowa 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

Dodgeville

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

2

10.69 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

2