Monroe County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 40,701 88.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,664 5.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 671 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 380 0.8%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,433 3.1%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 315 0.7%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 1 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 43 0.1%

• Under 18 11,724 25.4%
• 18–24 3,282 7.1%
• 25–44 11,178 24.2%
• 45–64 11,704 25.3%
• 65 and over 8,320 18.0%

Median household income

$73,607

90% interval $67,365–$79,849

−$3,950 vs WI · 37th of 72

Below poverty line

9.8%

90% interval 7.6%–12.0%

−0.5 pp vs WI · 43rd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.1%

−0.24 pp vs. state

County GDP

$3.0B

0.66% of state

Avg. annual pay

$55,616

Establishments

1,349

• Trade, transportation & utilities 4,925 23.4%
• Education & health services 4,736 22.5%
• Manufacturing 3,900 18.5%
• Public administration 2,068 9.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,765 8.4%
• Professional & business services 1,011 4.8%
• Natural resources & mining 854 4.1%
• Construction 770 3.7%
• Financial activities 378 1.8%
• Other services 376 1.8%
• Information 61 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 99.1% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.8%

+5.0 pp vs WI · 52nd of 72

Median gross rent

$914

−$173 vs WI · 32nd of 72

Owner-occupied

13,316

Renter-occupied

4,985

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Construction, $72,249/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $20,107/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 14,563 62.4%
• Democratic 8,476 36.3%
• Other / third-party 282 1.2%

• German or other West Germanic 1,827 4.2%
• Spanish 1,517 3.5%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 67 0.2%
• Tagalog 35 0.1%
• Arabic 29 0.1%
• Korean 19 0.0%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 18 0.0%
• Vietnamese 6 0.0%
• Chinese 2 0.0%

Households

18,301

Family households

11,645

63.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

3,281

28.2% of families

Single-mother families

983

8.4% of families

Veterans

4,063

11.9% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,948 19.3%
• Catholic 6,307 13.6%
• Mainline Protestant 3,935 8.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 427 0.9%

Health insured

91.1%

±1.2 pp

Uninsured

8.9%

±1.2 pp

8th of 72

With a disability

13.5%

±1 pp

32nd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

21.3%

±1.6 pp

−12.1 pp vs WI · 51st of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

9.0%

90% interval 8.0%–10.0% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Monroe County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)

Judges

18 (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

Sparta

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

10

29 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

9