Marquette County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 14,531 92.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 582 3.7%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 77 0.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 72 0.5%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 416 2.6%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 35 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 33 0.2%

• Under 18 2,960 18.8%
• 18–24 904 5.7%
• 25–44 3,032 19.3%
• 45–64 4,667 29.6%
• 65 and over 4,183 26.6%

Median household income

$70,208

90% interval $65,814–$74,602

−$7,349 vs WI · 51st of 72

Below poverty line

12.2%

90% interval 10.3%–14.1%

+1.9 pp vs WI · 16th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.75 pp vs. state

County GDP

$587.6M

0.13% of state

Avg. annual pay

$50,815

Establishments

396

• Manufacturing 1,168 29.4%
• Education & health services 756 19.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 581 14.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 445 11.2%
• Natural resources & mining 320 8.1%
• Construction 124 3.1%
• Professional & business services 113 2.8%
• Other services 85 2.1%
• Financial activities 70 1.8%
• Information 43 1.1%
• Public administration 24 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 93.9% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

81.2%

+13.4 pp vs WI · 16th of 72

Median gross rent

$800

−$287 vs WI · 54th of 72

Owner-occupied

5,670

Renter-occupied

1,317

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 63% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $78,065/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $19,969/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 10 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 6,041 64.2%
• Democratic 3,252 34.6%
• Other / third-party 113 1.2%

• Spanish 241 1.6%
• German or other West Germanic 205 1.4%
• Tagalog 31 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 25 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 4 0.0%
• Vietnamese 1 0.0%

Households

6,987

Family households

4,448

63.7% of households

Married couples w/ children

893

20.1% of families

Single-mother families

277

6.2% of families

Veterans

1,272

10% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 3,374 21.6%
• Catholic 1,090 7.0%
• Mainline Protestant 834 5.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3 0.0%

Health insured

94.5%

±1 pp

Uninsured

5.5%

±1 pp

35th of 72

With a disability

17.3%

±1.2 pp

5th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

16.2%

±1.2 pp

−17.2 pp vs WI · 69th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 7.0%–8.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Marquette 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

Montello

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

0

0 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

0