Marinette County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 39,286 93.4%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,233 2.9%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 194 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 147 0.3%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,109 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 50 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 2 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 25 0.1%

• Under 18 7,932 18.9%
• 18–24 2,628 6.3%
• 25–44 8,880 21.1%
• 45–64 11,970 28.5%
• 65 and over 10,636 25.3%

Median household income

$64,731

90% interval $59,527–$69,935

−$12,826 vs WI · 64th of 72

Below poverty line

11.8%

90% interval 9.7%–13.9%

+1.5 pp vs WI · 22nd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.3%

+1.03 pp vs. state

County GDP

$2.4B

0.53% of state

Avg. annual pay

$54,089

Establishments

1,253

• Manufacturing 4,634 26.3%
• Education & health services 3,687 20.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 3,218 18.3%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,655 9.4%
• Professional & business services 1,153 6.5%
• Public administration 871 4.9%
• Construction 724 4.1%
• Natural resources & mining 544 3.1%
• Financial activities 477 2.7%
• Other services 379 2.1%
• Information 88 0.5%

The sectors listed cover 98.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.6%

+13.8 pp vs WI · 15th of 72

Median gross rent

$795

−$292 vs WI · 57th of 72

Owner-occupied

15,552

Renter-occupied

3,499

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 65% 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 (Manufacturing, $68,803/yr) pays 3.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $18,525/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 14 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 16,670 68.4%
• Democratic 7,415 30.4%
• Other / third-party 279 1.1%

• Spanish 732 1.8%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 189 0.5%
• German or other West Germanic 132 0.3%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 120 0.3%
• Chinese 23 0.1%
• Arabic 13 0.0%
• Korean 10 0.0%
• Tagalog 6 0.0%

Households

19,051

Family households

11,791

61.9% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,546

21.6% of families

Single-mother families

701

5.9% of families

Veterans

3,243

9.5% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 11,504 27.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 8,788 21.0%
• Mainline Protestant 2,543 6.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 256 0.6%

Health insured

95.8%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

4.2%

±0.7 pp

53rd of 72

With a disability

15.7%

±1 pp

16th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

19.8%

±1.5 pp

−13.6 pp vs WI · 56th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.4%

90% interval 5.7%–7.1% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Marinette County Circuit Court (8th Judicial District)

Judges

31 (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

Marinette

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

20.52 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

6