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Jury Pool Profile

La Crosse County, Wisconsin

Democratic +9 (2024)
Population
120,262
Median household income
$70,704
Unemployment
2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 106,837 88.8%
  • Black or African American alone 1,817 1.5%
  • Asian alone 5,454 4.5%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 335 0.3%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 30 0.0%
  • Some other race alone 1,074 0.9%
  • Two or more races 4,715 3.9%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3,146 2.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 37.1

  • Under 18 23,592 19.6%
  • 18–24 18,394 15.3%
  • 25–44 29,671 24.7%
  • 45–64 27,636 23.0%
  • 65 and over 20,969 17.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
2.9%
-0.28 pp vs. state
County GDP
$9.9B
2.19% of state
Avg. annual pay
$58,448
Establishments
3,551

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Education & health services 20,578 29.6%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 15,044 21.6%
  • Manufacturing 8,030 11.6%
  • Leisure & hospitality 7,522 10.8%
  • Professional & business services 5,636 8.1%
  • Construction 2,929 4.2%
  • Other services 2,761 4.0%
  • Financial activities 2,677 3.9%
  • Public administration 1,952 2.8%
  • Information 742 1.1%
  • Natural resources & mining 67 0.1%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
62.5%
Median gross rent
$1,023
Owner-occupied
31,582
Renter-occupied
18,961

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 72,242 votes cast

  • Democratic 39,008 54.0%
  • Republican 32,247 44.6%
  • Other / third-party 987 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.1% speak only English at home

  • Other Asian/Pacific 3,020 2.6%
  • Spanish 1,962 1.7%
  • German 606 0.5%
  • Other Indo-European 469 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 163 0.1%
  • Chinese 140 0.1%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 119 0.1%
  • Tagalog 108 0.1%
  • Other 69 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 60 0.1%
  • Korean 10 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
50,543
Family households
27,887
55.2% of households
Married w/ children
21,978
Single-mother households
2,133
Veterans
6,639
6.9% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.8% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 20,709 17.1%
  • Mainline Protestant 13,800 11.4%
  • Evangelical Protestant 13,662 11.3%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,373 2.8%
  • Orthodox 100 0.1%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
95.4%
With a disability
11.7%
Bachelor's or higher
36.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
La Crosse 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
La Crosse

This judicial district spans multiple countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
5
5.17 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
5

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for La Crosse County, Wisconsin to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.