Jury Pool Profile

Lafayette County, Wisconsin

Republican +20 (2024)

Population: 16,788
Median household income: $72,091
Unemployment: 2.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 15,678 93.4%
Black or African American alone 96 0.6%
Asian alone 120 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 26 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 122 0.7%
Two or more races 746 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,087 6.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.9

Under 18 4,169 24.8%
18–24 1,272 7.6%
25–44 3,669 21.9%
45–64 4,356 25.9%
65 and over 3,322 19.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.8%; -0.38 pp vs. state
County GDP: $931.9M; 0.21% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,347
Establishments: 510

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,202 23.7%
Education & health services 962 19.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 876 17.3%
Natural resources & mining 422 8.3%
Construction 404 8.0%
Professional & business services 293 5.8%
Leisure & hospitality 242 4.8%
Financial activities 174 3.4%
Public administration 32 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 79.3%
Median gross rent: $835
Owner-occupied: 5,300
Renter-occupied: 1,384

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,832 votes cast

Republican 5,256 59.5%
Democratic 3,469 39.3%
Other / third-party 107 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 653 4.2%
German 429 2.7%
Other Indo-European 81 0.5%
Chinese 45 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 17 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.1%
Slavic languages 6 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,684
Family households: 4,375; 65.5% of households
Married w/ children: 3,505
Single-mother households: 310
Veterans: 790; 6.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.0% overall adherence rate

Catholic 2,935 17.7%
Mainline Protestant 2,844 17.1%
Evangelical Protestant 1,671 10.1%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 196 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 89.3%
With a disability: 10.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Lafayette County Circuit Court (5th 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: Darlington

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 47.55 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 5

NHTSA FARS 2023