Jury Pool Profile

Lincoln County, Wisconsin

Republican +25 (2024)

Population: 28,403
Median household income: $67,726
Unemployment: 3.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 26,755 94.2%
Black or African American alone 144 0.5%
Asian alone 114 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 43 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 6 0.0%
Some other race alone 246 0.9%
Two or more races 1,095 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 587 2.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.2

Under 18 5,120 18.0%
18–24 1,787 6.3%
25–44 5,988 21.1%
45–64 8,968 31.6%
65 and over 6,540 23.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.8%; +0.57 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $51,054
Establishments: 792

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,197 22.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,023 20.2%
Education & health services 1,691 16.9%
Leisure & hospitality 999 10.0%
Financial activities 904 9.0%
Public administration 514 5.1%
Professional & business services 468 4.7%
Construction 380 3.8%
Other services 223 2.2%
Natural resources & mining 196 2.0%
Information 34 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.4%
Median gross rent: $768
Owner-occupied: 9,862
Renter-occupied: 2,716

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 17,188 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

Spanish 247 0.9%
German 172 0.6%
Slavic languages 93 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 29 0.1%
Vietnamese 19 0.1%
Other 17 0.1%
Other Indo-European 15 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.0%
Chinese 11 0.0%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Korean 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,578
Family households: 7,629; 60.7% of households
Married w/ children: 6,247
Single-mother households: 482
Veterans: 1,495; 6.4% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

54.7% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.1%
With a disability: 14.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 19.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 9; 38.65 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023