Jackson County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 17,893 85.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 781 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 404 1.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 103 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 752 3.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 941 4.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 11 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 96 0.5%

• Under 18 4,418 21.1%
• 18–24 1,455 6.9%
• 25–44 5,029 24.0%
• 45–64 5,787 27.6%
• 65 and over 4,292 20.5%

Median household income

$66,149

90% interval $61,345–$70,953

−$11,408 vs WI · 59th of 72

Below poverty line

13.5%

90% interval 11.4%–15.6%

+3.2 pp vs WI · 9th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.2%

+0.87 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,167

Establishments

494

• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,715 22.7%
• Education & health services 1,377 18.2%
• Public administration 1,034 13.7%
• Manufacturing 691 9.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 618 8.2%
• Construction 516 6.8%
• Natural resources & mining 486 6.4%
• Financial activities 192 2.5%
• Professional & business services 168 2.2%
• Other services 97 1.3%
• Information 20 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 91.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

80.1%

+12.3 pp vs WI · 21st of 72

Median gross rent

$787

−$300 vs WI · 61st of 72

Owner-occupied

6,631

Renter-occupied

1,643

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 55% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $103,490/yr) pays 6.5× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $15,889/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 6,204 59.1%
• Democratic 4,157 39.6%
• Other / third-party 140 1.3%

• Spanish 390 2.0%
• German or other West Germanic 287 1.4%
• Tagalog 28 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 9 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 2 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

8,274

Family households

5,293

64.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,312

24.8% of families

Single-mother families

369

7.0% of families

Veterans

1,509

9.1% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.2%

±1 pp

Uninsured

6.8%

±1 pp

16th of 72

With a disability

13.6%

±1 pp

30th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

15.9%

±1.5 pp

−17.5 pp vs WI · 71st of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.1%

90% interval 6.3%–7.9% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

36.23 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6