Oconto County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 36,922 93.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 903 2.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 51 0.1%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 95 0.2%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,159 2.9%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 400 1.0%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 59 0.1%

• Under 18 7,789 19.7%
• 18–24 2,350 5.9%
• 25–44 8,562 21.6%
• 45–64 11,913 30.1%
• 65 and over 8,975 22.7%

Median household income

$75,147

90% interval $69,516–$80,778

−$2,410 vs WI · 31st of 72

Below poverty line

8.5%

90% interval 6.9%–10.1%

−1.8 pp vs WI · 56th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.14 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.4B

0.3% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,962

Establishments

929

• Manufacturing 2,277 25.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,359 14.9%
• Education & health services 1,008 11.1%
• Leisure & hospitality 927 10.2%
• Public administration 922 10.1%
• Construction 570 6.3%
• Natural resources & mining 438 4.8%
• Professional & business services 366 4.0%
• Financial activities 193 2.1%
• Other services 157 1.7%
• Information 18 0.2%

The sectors listed cover 90.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

85.0%

+17.2 pp vs WI · 6th of 72

Median gross rent

$791

−$296 vs WI · 59th of 72

Owner-occupied

14,292

Renter-occupied

2,519

• Diversified

  Top three sectors employ 51% of the workforce, a relatively diversified local economy. Expect mixed employer backgrounds on the panel rather than concentration in any one institution or industry.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $66,736/yr) pays 4.0× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,619/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Small-business scale

  Average establishment employs only 9.8 workers, a small-business-dominated local economy. Expect more self-employed and small-business-owner panelists than in institutional-employer venues.

• Republican 17,675 71.0%
• Democratic 6,967 28.0%
• Other / third-party 239 1.0%

• Spanish 417 1.1%
• German or other West Germanic 133 0.4%
• Tagalog 42 0.1%
• Chinese 31 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 26 0.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 8 0.0%
• Arabic 3 0.0%

Households

16,811

Family households

11,454

68.1% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,676

23.4% of families

Single-mother families

577

5.0% of families

Veterans

2,561

8.1% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 8,049 20.7%
• Catholic 6,680 17.1%
• Mainline Protestant 2,436 6.3%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 218 0.6%

Health insured

96.5%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

3.5%

±0.6 pp

66th of 72

With a disability

14.7%

±0.9 pp

23rd of 72

Bachelor's or higher

18.9%

±1.2 pp

−14.5 pp vs WI · 59th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

6.7%

90% interval 6.0%–7.4% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Oconto County Circuit Court (8th Judicial District)

Judges

31 (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

Oconto

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

22.01 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7