Jury Pool Profile

Iron County, Wisconsin

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 6,164
Median household income: $59,058
Unemployment: 5.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 5,827 94.5%
Black or African American alone 3 0.0%
Asian alone 1 0.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 37 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 33 0.5%
Two or more races 263 4.3%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 96 1.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 55.9

Under 18 948 15.4%
18–24 270 4.4%
25–44 1,107 18.0%
45–64 1,864 30.2%
65 and over 1,975 32.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.4%; +2.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $235.3M; 0.05% of state
Avg. annual pay: $40,528
Establishments: 228

U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 273 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 269 16.0%
Public administration 236 14.0%
Construction 220 13.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 218 12.9%
Manufacturing 176 10.4%
Professional & business services 77 4.6%
Financial activities 50 3.0%
Other services 21 1.2%
Information 12 0.7%
Natural resources & mining 10 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 86.9%
Median gross rent: $640
Owner-occupied: 2,563
Renter-occupied: 386

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 4,079 votes cast

Republican 2,557 62.7%
Democratic 1,487 36.5%
Other / third-party 35 0.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 50 0.8%
Other 27 0.5%
German 18 0.3%
Slavic languages 18 0.3%
Other Indo-European 13 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 4 0.1%
Vietnamese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 2,949
Family households: 1,772; 60.1% of households
Married w/ children: 1,412
Single-mother households: 118
Veterans: 512; 9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

43.3% overall adherence rate

Catholic 1,837 29.9%
Evangelical Protestant 747 12.2%
Mainline Protestant 74 1.2%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.1%
With a disability: 16.0%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Iron County Circuit Court (10th 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: Hurley

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 57.52 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023