Jefferson County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 74,788 87.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 7,309 8.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 793 0.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 533 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,294 2.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 57 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 4 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 225 0.3%

• Under 18 16,971 19.7%
• 18–24 8,889 10.3%
• 25–44 20,600 24.0%
• 45–64 23,610 27.5%
• 65 and over 15,933 18.5%

Median household income

$84,325

90% interval $80,243–$88,407

+$6,768 vs WI · 10th of 72

Below poverty line

7.7%

90% interval 6.3%–9.1%

−2.6 pp vs WI · 63rd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.32 pp vs. state

County GDP

$4.9B

1.09% of state

Avg. annual pay

$56,423

Establishments

2,357

• Manufacturing 8,979 26.9%
• Education & health services 6,247 18.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,020 18.0%
• Leisure & hospitality 3,106 9.3%
• Professional & business services 2,815 8.4%
• Construction 1,975 5.9%
• Public administration 1,435 4.3%
• Financial activities 948 2.8%
• Natural resources & mining 814 2.4%
• Other services 781 2.3%
• Information 201 0.6%

Home ownership

73.1%

+5.3 pp vs WI · 50th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,035

−$52 vs WI · 17th of 72

Owner-occupied

25,502

Renter-occupied

9,371

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $76,906/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,312/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.

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

• Spanish 4,101 5.0%
• German or other West Germanic 228 0.3%
• Chinese 118 0.1%
• Vietnamese 93 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 86 0.1%
• Tagalog 42 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 37 0.0%
• Korean 26 0.0%

Households

34,873

Family households

21,853

62.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,433

24.9% of families

Single-mother families

1,588

7.3% of families

Veterans

4,449

6.4% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

95.2%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.8%

±0.7 pp

44th of 72

With a disability

12.8%

±0.8 pp

43rd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

28.5%

±1.4 pp

−4.9 pp vs WI · 22nd of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.4%

90% interval 5.7%–7.1% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

17.38 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12