Jury Pool Profile

Jackson County, Wisconsin

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 20,971
Median household income: $65,508
Unemployment: 4.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 18,067 86.2%
Black or African American alone 350 1.7%
Asian alone 119 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 1,050 5.0%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 10 0.0%
Some other race alone 277 1.3%
Two or more races 1,098 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 746 3.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 42.6

Under 18 4,524 21.6%
18–24 1,471 7.0%
25–44 5,007 23.9%
45–64 5,795 27.6%
65 and over 4,174 19.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.2%; +1.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,504
Establishments: 488

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 1,839 23.7%
Education & health services 1,380 17.8%
Public administration 1,006 13.0%
Manufacturing 734 9.5%
Leisure & hospitality 655 8.4%
Natural resources & mining 564 7.3%
Construction 460 5.9%
Financial activities 181 2.3%
Professional & business services 174 2.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.4%
Median gross rent: $789
Owner-occupied: 6,349
Renter-occupied: 1,849

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 10,501 votes cast

Republican 6,204 59.1%
Democratic 4,157 39.6%
Other / third-party 140 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 342 1.7%
German 237 1.2%
Other 210 1.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 42 0.2%
Other Indo-European 24 0.1%
Tagalog 14 0.1%
Slavic languages 11 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 6 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 8,198
Family households: 5,189; 63.3% of households
Married w/ children: 4,149
Single-mother households: 393
Veterans: 1,581; 9.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.5% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 3,595 17.0%
Evangelical Protestant 2,072 9.8%
Catholic 1,390 6.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 238 1.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.2%
With a disability: 14.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Jackson 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: Black River Falls

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 24.32 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023