Jury Pool Profile

Kenosha County, Wisconsin

Republican +6 (2024)

Population: 168,413
Median household income: $79,412
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 129,282 76.8%
Black or African American alone 10,516 6.2%
Asian alone 2,999 1.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 590 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 94 0.1%
Some other race alone 5,263 3.1%
Two or more races 19,669 11.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 24,975 14.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.2

Under 18 37,196 22.1%
18–24 16,249 9.6%
25–44 43,207 25.7%
45–64 46,021 27.3%
65 and over 25,740 15.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.35 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.4B; 2.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $58,409
Establishments: 4,341

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 23,582 31.7%
Education & health services 14,937 20.1%
Manufacturing 9,553 12.9%
Professional & business services 8,925 12.0%
Leisure & hospitality 7,557 10.2%
Construction 2,212 3.0%
Other services 1,668 2.2%
Financial activities 1,417 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 264 0.4%
Information 173 0.2%
Public administration 40 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 67.6%
Median gross rent: $1,175
Owner-occupied: 45,743
Renter-occupied: 21,888

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 90,472 votes cast

Republican 47,478 52.5%
Democratic 41,826 46.2%
Other / third-party 1,168 1.3%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

86.9% speak only English at home

Spanish 14,037 8.8%
Other Indo-European 1,951 1.2%
Slavic languages 1,295 0.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 856 0.5%
German 835 0.5%
Tagalog 483 0.3%
Other 468 0.3%
Vietnamese 297 0.2%
Chinese 185 0.1%
Arabic 178 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 149 0.1%
Korean 75 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 67,631
Family households: 43,400; 64.2% of households
Married w/ children: 31,903
Single-mother households: 4,812
Veterans: 8,247; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

35.1% overall adherence rate

Catholic 35,691 21.1%
Evangelical Protestant 12,635 7.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,175 3.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,313 2.5%
Black Protestant 454 0.3%
Orthodox 93 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 30.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Kenosha County Circuit Court (2nd Judicial District)
Judges: 31 (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: Kenosha

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 11; 8.38 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023