Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 71,047 87.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,474 5.5%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 620 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 1,950 2.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,750 3.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 133 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 90 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 342 0.4%

• Under 18 16,492 20.3%
• 18–24 5,831 7.2%
• 25–44 18,236 22.4%
• 45–64 22,729 27.9%
• 65 and over 18,118 22.3%

Median household income

$71,188

90% interval $65,730–$76,646

−$6,369 vs WI · 45th of 72

Below poverty line

9.5%

90% interval 7.9%–11.1%

−0.8 pp vs WI · 45th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.16 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.4B

1.19% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,316

Establishments

2,013

• Manufacturing 9,279 28.1%
• Education & health services 6,704 20.3%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 6,043 18.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 2,700 8.2%
• Professional & business services 2,309 7.0%
• Public administration 1,489 4.5%
• Construction 1,394 4.2%
• Natural resources & mining 1,157 3.5%
• Financial activities 953 2.9%
• Other services 739 2.2%
• Information 137 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 99.5% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.1%

+9.3 pp vs WI · 35th of 72

Median gross rent

$797

−$290 vs WI · 55th of 72

Owner-occupied

27,129

Renter-occupied

8,059

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 67% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Construction, $73,783/yr) pays 3.8× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,515/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 28,200 61.0%
• Democratic 17,399 37.6%
• Other / third-party 636 1.4%

• Spanish 2,435 3.1%
• German or other West Germanic 505 0.7%
• Chinese 192 0.2%
• Tagalog 67 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 48 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 45 0.1%
• Korean 15 0.0%
• Vietnamese 3 0.0%

Households

35,188

Family households

22,042

62.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,431

24.6% of families

Single-mother families

1,766

8.0% of families

Veterans

5,094

7.9% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 27,812 34.2%
• Evangelical Protestant 13,171 16.2%
• Mainline Protestant 4,760 5.9%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,062 1.3%

Health insured

95.9%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

4.1%

±0.6 pp

57th of 72

With a disability

12.9%

±0.8 pp

41st of 72

Bachelor's or higher

22.6%

±1.2 pp

−10.8 pp vs WI · 45th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.7%

90% interval 6.0%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Manitowoc County Circuit Court (4th Judicial District)

Judges

22 (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

Manitowoc

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

13.86 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7