Jury Pool Profile

Milwaukee County, Wisconsin

Democratic +38 (2024)

Population: 927,656
Median household income: $62,118
Unemployment: 4.1%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 485,935 52.4%
Black or African American alone 241,678 26.1%
Asian alone 43,452 4.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 5,707 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 212 0.0%
Some other race alone 51,474 5.5%
Two or more races 99,198 10.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 154,350 16.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 35.4

Under 18 221,550 23.9%
18–24 86,938 9.4%
25–44 272,826 29.4%
45–64 212,864 22.9%
65 and over 133,478 14.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.1%; +0.91 pp vs. state
County GDP: $78.8B; 17.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $69,142
Establishments: 29,416

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 137,187 29.2%
Trade, transportation & utilities 76,558 16.3%
Professional & business services 70,043 14.9%
Leisure & hospitality 50,848 10.8%
Manufacturing 47,202 10.1%
Financial activities 28,242 6.0%
Public administration 20,198 4.3%
Other services 13,860 3.0%
Construction 13,400 2.9%
Information 7,798 1.7%
Natural resources & mining 83 0.0%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 49.8%
Median gross rent: $1,069
Owner-occupied: 193,761
Renter-occupied: 195,285

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 462,766 votes cast

Democratic 316,292 68.3%
Republican 138,022 29.8%
Other / third-party 8,452 1.8%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

81.8% speak only English at home

Spanish 102,315 11.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 17,475 2.0%
Other Indo-European 11,430 1.3%
Other 5,216 0.6%
Slavic languages 4,840 0.6%
Arabic 4,456 0.5%
German 3,610 0.4%
Chinese 3,041 0.4%
French (incl. Cajun) 2,516 0.3%
Tagalog 1,549 0.2%
Vietnamese 1,040 0.1%
Korean 674 0.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 389,046
Family households: 209,143; 53.8% of households
Married w/ children: 128,615
Single-mother households: 36,751
Veterans: 31,831; 4.5% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

52.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 193,305 20.6%
Evangelical Protestant 139,199 14.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 62,060 6.6%
Black Protestant 51,862 5.5%
Mainline Protestant 39,550 4.2%
Orthodox 7,120 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 92.9%
With a disability: 12.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Milwaukee County Circuit Court (1st Judicial District)
Judges: 47 (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: Milwaukee

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 92; 13.03 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 83

NHTSA FARS 2023