Juneau County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 23,322 87.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 788 3.0%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 601 2.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 158 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,562 5.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 169 0.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 89 0.3%

• Under 18 5,151 19.3%
• 18–24 1,746 6.5%
• 25–44 6,193 23.2%
• 45–64 7,777 29.1%
• 65 and over 5,822 21.8%

Median household income

$70,607

90% interval $65,703–$75,511

−$6,950 vs WI · 49th of 72

Below poverty line

10.4%

90% interval 8.3%–12.5%

+0.1 pp vs WI · 36th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.9%

+0.58 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.2B

0.27% of state

Avg. annual pay

$53,282

Establishments

738

• Education & health services 1,995 21.7%
• Manufacturing 1,726 18.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,636 17.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 952 10.4%
• Public administration 712 7.7%
• Professional & business services 373 4.1%
• Construction 307 3.3%
• Financial activities 194 2.1%
• Natural resources & mining 144 1.6%
• Other services 121 1.3%
• Information 45 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 89.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

78.1%

+10.3 pp vs WI · 27th of 72

Median gross rent

$879

−$208 vs WI · 36th of 72

Owner-occupied

8,559

Renter-occupied

2,396

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% 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 (Professional & business services, $72,983/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,283/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 12 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 9,525 65.6%
• Democratic 4,854 33.4%
• Other / third-party 149 1.0%

• Spanish 314 1.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 277 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 144 0.6%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 20 0.1%
• Chinese 1 0.0%

Households

10,955

Family households

6,772

61.8% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,607

23.7% of families

Single-mother families

484

7.1% of families

Veterans

1,975

9.2% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 3,616 13.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 3,403 12.7%
• Mainline Protestant 2,606 9.8%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 229 0.9%

Health insured

94.6%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

5.4%

±0.7 pp

37th of 72

With a disability

17.1%

±1.2 pp

7th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

16.9%

±1.5 pp

−16.5 pp vs WI · 67th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

8.2%

90% interval 7.4%–9.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Juneau 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

Mauston

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

6

27.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6