Lincoln County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 26,444 93.0%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 647 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 136 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 123 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 890 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 28 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 8 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 150 0.5%

• Under 18 5,065 17.8%
• 18–24 1,724 6.1%
• 25–44 6,116 21.5%
• 45–64 8,800 31.0%
• 65 and over 6,721 23.6%

Median household income

$72,835

90% interval $67,524–$78,146

−$4,722 vs WI · 38th of 72

Below poverty line

9.3%

90% interval 7.5%–11.1%

−1.0 pp vs WI · 48th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.6%

+0.35 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,291

Establishments

819

• Manufacturing 2,213 22.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,957 19.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,019 10.3%
• Education & health services 961 9.7%
• Financial activities 864 8.7%
• Public administration 509 5.1%
• Professional & business services 488 4.9%
• Construction 403 4.1%
• Natural resources & mining 192 1.9%
• Other services 192 1.9%
• Information 33 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 88.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

79.5%

+11.7 pp vs WI · 23rd of 72

Median gross rent

$755

−$332 vs WI · 65th of 72

Owner-occupied

10,158

Renter-occupied

2,614

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 52% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $84,011/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,147/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• 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 10,633 61.9%
• Democratic 6,306 36.7%
• Other / third-party 249 1.4%

• Spanish 251 0.9%
• German or other West Germanic 124 0.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 90 0.3%
• Vietnamese 21 0.1%
• Tagalog 21 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 16 0.1%

Households

12,772

Family households

7,804

61.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,742

22.3% of families

Single-mother families

507

6.5% of families

Veterans

1,619

6.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 7,103 25.0%
• Catholic 4,562 16.1%
• Mainline Protestant 3,713 13.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 176 0.6%

Health insured

95.3%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

4.7%

±0.9 pp

46th of 72

With a disability

14.0%

±1.4 pp

29th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

19.6%

±1.5 pp

−13.8 pp vs WI · 57th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.3%

90% interval 5.6%–7.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Lincoln County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)

Judges

19 (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

Merrill

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

8

34.25 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7