Jury Pool Profile
Menominee County, Wisconsin
- County seat
- Keshena
- Judicial district
- Menominee County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 4,199
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 4,252.
At a glance
Menominee County is a 4,199-person venue. The county population is 13% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $52,423, $25,134 below the WI state median of $77,557; 18.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 34.1% of covered employment, average pay $55,750/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.08%, above the 3.3% state average. The county carried the Democratic presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 78% to 82% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 4,252
- Median household income
- $62,108
- Unemployment
- 5.1%
Who sits on a jury?
<50% in any single race-alone group. White here: 13%; Black: 1%.
Menominee County has a population of 4,252, with a median age of 34.3. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 13.3%; Black residents 0.8%. Independently, 5.1% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $52,423; 18.1% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 24.4% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 700, Leisure & hospitality about 580.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 34.1% of covered employment, followed by Public administration at 18.7%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 5.08%, above the Wisconsin state average.
Political composition
Democratic candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 80%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Menominee County was carried by the Democratic candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 80.5% in 2024, 81.9% in 2020, 78.4% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 80% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 7.6% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
7.6% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest group speaks a language the Census does not name separately (6.9%); the most common named are Spanish, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 7.1% of the adult civilian population (210 individuals).