Kenosha County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 120,437 71.5%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 25,582 15.2%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 9,999 5.9%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 3,042 1.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 7,952 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 209 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 1,217 0.7%

• Under 18 36,594 21.7%
• 18–24 16,304 9.7%
• 25–44 43,201 25.6%
• 45–64 45,675 27.1%
• 65 and over 26,664 15.8%

Median household income

$83,504

90% interval $79,265–$87,743

+$5,947 vs WI · 11th of 72

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 8.2%–11.4%

−0.5 pp vs WI · 42nd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.5%

+0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$10.4B

2.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$60,004

Establishments

4,457

• Trade, transportation & utilities 24,203 31.8%
• Education & health services 11,022 14.5%
• Manufacturing 9,922 13.1%
• Professional & business services 9,358 12.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,637 10.0%
• Construction 2,267 3.0%
• Other services 1,652 2.2%
• Financial activities 1,446 1.9%
• Natural resources & mining 257 0.3%
• Information 153 0.2%
• Public administration 36 0.0%

The sectors listed cover 89.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

66.7%

−1.1 pp vs WI · 66th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,219

+$132 vs WI · 4th of 72

Owner-occupied

45,963

Renter-occupied

22,941

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 59% 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, $86,740/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,183/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 17 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 47,478 52.5%
• Democratic 41,826 46.2%
• Other / third-party 1,168 1.3%

• Spanish 14,118 8.8%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 1,454 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 619 0.4%
• Tagalog 512 0.3%
• Vietnamese 208 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 196 0.1%
• Arabic 164 0.1%
• Chinese 106 0.1%
• Korean 86 0.1%

Households

68,904

Family households

43,533

63.2% of households

Married couples w/ children

11,769

27.0% of families

Single-mother families

4,904

11.3% of families

Veterans

7,933

6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

94.3%

±0.8 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±0.8 pp

30th of 72

With a disability

13.2%

±0.8 pp

34th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

31.2%

±1.2 pp

−2.2 pp vs WI · 17th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.6%

90% interval 6.0%–7.2% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

6.83 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

8