Jury Pool Profile

Monroe County, Wisconsin

Republican +26 (2024)

Population: 46,169
Median household income: $68,213
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 41,854 90.7%
Black or African American alone 696 1.5%
Asian alone 272 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 383 0.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,088 2.4%
Two or more races 1,876 4.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,569 5.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 39.6

Under 18 11,742 25.4%
18–24 3,240 7.0%
25–44 11,123 24.1%
45–64 11,929 25.8%
65 and over 8,135 17.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $3.0B; 0.66% of state
Avg. annual pay: $53,839
Establishments: 1,335

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 5,001 23.3%
Education & health services 4,922 22.9%
Manufacturing 4,052 18.9%
Public administration 2,096 9.8%
Leisure & hospitality 1,769 8.2%
Professional & business services 1,093 5.1%
Natural resources & mining 799 3.7%
Construction 724 3.4%
Financial activities 376 1.8%
Other services 374 1.7%
Information 66 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 72.4%
Median gross rent: $920
Owner-occupied: 13,233
Renter-occupied: 5,046

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,321 votes cast

Republican 14,563 62.4%
Democratic 8,476 36.3%
Other / third-party 282 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.4% speak only English at home

German 1,707 3.9%
Spanish 1,557 3.6%
Other 115 0.3%
Other Indo-European 105 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 61 0.1%
Tagalog 53 0.1%
Slavic languages 52 0.1%
Arabic 24 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 16 0.0%
Korean 15 0.0%
Chinese 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,279
Family households: 11,584; 63.4% of households
Married w/ children: 8,911
Single-mother households: 937
Veterans: 4,192; 12.3% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

42.4% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.1%
With a disability: 13.7%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 6; 17.43 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 6

NHTSA FARS 2023