Jury Pool Profile

Jefferson County, Wisconsin

Republican +16 (2024)

Population: 85,867
Median household income: $80,604
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 77,066 89.8%
Black or African American alone 970 1.1%
Asian alone 524 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 264 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 95 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,518 2.9%
Two or more races 4,430 5.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,181 8.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 17,294 20.1%
18–24 9,007 10.5%
25–44 20,367 23.7%
45–64 23,763 27.7%
65 and over 15,436 18.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.18 pp vs. state
County GDP: $4.9B; 1.09% of state
Avg. annual pay: $54,167
Establishments: 2,344

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 9,275 27.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,081 18.1%
Education & health services 6,024 17.9%
Leisure & hospitality 3,221 9.6%
Professional & business services 2,723 8.1%
Construction 2,028 6.0%
Public administration 1,421 4.2%
Financial activities 902 2.7%
Natural resources & mining 843 2.5%
Other services 786 2.3%
Information 217 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.9%
Median gross rent: $1,012
Owner-occupied: 25,124
Renter-occupied: 9,331

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 50,035 votes cast

Republican 28,771 57.5%
Democratic 20,574 41.1%
Other / third-party 690 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 3,827 4.7%
Other Indo-European 493 0.6%
German 271 0.3%
Vietnamese 103 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 84 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 51 0.1%
Tagalog 32 0.0%
Other 32 0.0%
Slavic languages 31 0.0%
Korean 28 0.0%
Chinese 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 34,455
Family households: 21,880; 63.5% of households
Married w/ children: 17,356
Single-mother households: 1,694
Veterans: 4,503; 6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

51.1% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 21,027 24.8%
Catholic 11,879 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 9,383 11.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,065 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.4%
With a disability: 11.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 28.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Jefferson County Circuit Court (3rd Judicial District)
Judges: 38 (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: Jefferson

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 14.58 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 9

NHTSA FARS 2023