Jury Pool Profile

Marathon County, Wisconsin

Republican +19 (2024)

Population: 138,067
Median household income: $76,185
Unemployment: 2.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 121,370 87.9%
Black or African American alone 656 0.5%
Asian alone 7,619 5.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 228 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 71 0.1%
Some other race alone 2,034 1.5%
Two or more races 6,089 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,641 3.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.2

Under 18 31,305 22.7%
18–24 10,205 7.4%
25–44 34,161 24.7%
45–64 36,659 26.6%
65 and over 25,737 18.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 2.9%; -0.31 pp vs. state
County GDP: $11.9B; 2.62% of state
Avg. annual pay: $57,976
Establishments: 3,960

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 18,252 25.8%
Education & health services 14,170 20.1%
Trade, transportation & utilities 13,572 19.2%
Leisure & hospitality 6,273 8.9%
Professional & business services 5,724 8.1%
Financial activities 4,009 5.7%
Construction 3,145 4.5%
Public administration 1,726 2.4%
Other services 1,464 2.1%
Natural resources & mining 1,270 1.8%
Information 507 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.4%
Median gross rent: $950
Owner-occupied: 41,754
Renter-occupied: 15,119

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 78,675 votes cast

Republican 46,213 58.7%
Democratic 31,529 40.1%
Other / third-party 933 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.5% speak only English at home

Other Asian/Pacific 4,242 3.3%
Spanish 2,637 2.0%
German 1,117 0.9%
Other Indo-European 901 0.7%
Slavic languages 189 0.1%
Chinese 184 0.1%
Vietnamese 131 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 102 0.1%
Tagalog 101 0.1%
Arabic 60 0.0%
Other 53 0.0%
Korean 8 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 56,873
Family households: 36,909; 64.9% of households
Married w/ children: 29,690
Single-mother households: 2,722
Veterans: 7,625; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

50.9% overall adherence rate

Catholic 29,060 21.1%
Evangelical Protestant 22,895 16.6%
Mainline Protestant 13,846 10.0%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 4,361 3.2%
Orthodox 25 0.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.0%
With a disability: 12.5%
Bachelor's or higher: 27.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Marathon 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: Wausau

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 8; 7.49 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 8

NHTSA FARS 2023