Jury Pool Profile

Manitowoc County, Wisconsin

Republican +23 (2024)

Population: 81,314
Median household income: $68,611
Unemployment: 3.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 72,995 89.8%
Black or African American alone 638 0.8%
Asian alone 2,035 2.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 249 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 39 0.0%
Some other race alone 948 1.2%
Two or more races 4,410 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,228 5.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45

Under 18 16,692 20.5%
18–24 5,792 7.1%
25–44 18,134 22.3%
45–64 23,025 28.3%
65 and over 17,671 21.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.1%; -0.1 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.4B; 1.19% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,550
Establishments: 1,990

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 9,600 28.7%
Education & health services 6,411 19.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 6,330 18.9%
Leisure & hospitality 2,657 7.9%
Professional & business services 2,420 7.2%
Public administration 1,444 4.3%
Construction 1,404 4.2%
Natural resources & mining 1,152 3.4%
Financial activities 903 2.7%
Other services 740 2.2%
Information 146 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.3%
Median gross rent: $777
Owner-occupied: 26,730
Renter-occupied: 8,303

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 46,235 votes cast

Republican 28,200 61.0%
Democratic 17,399 37.6%
Other / third-party 636 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

94.0% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,573 3.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 954 1.2%
German 452 0.6%
Chinese 231 0.3%
Other Indo-European 216 0.3%
Tagalog 74 0.1%
Slavic languages 49 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 46 0.1%
Other 38 0.0%
Korean 11 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 35,033
Family households: 21,861; 62.4% of households
Married w/ children: 17,203
Single-mother households: 1,764
Veterans: 5,350; 8.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

57.5% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.6%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 22.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 14; 21.66 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023