Jury Pool Profile

Oconto County, Wisconsin

Republican +43 (2024)

Population: 39,329
Median household income: $75,886
Unemployment: 3.5%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 37,011 94.1%
Black or African American alone 56 0.1%
Asian alone 143 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 634 1.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 155 0.4%
Two or more races 1,330 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 886 2.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 47.4

Under 18 7,841 19.9%
18–24 2,388 6.1%
25–44 8,490 21.6%
45–64 11,949 30.4%
65 and over 8,661 22.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.5%; +0.27 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.4B; 0.3% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,685
Establishments: 932

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 2,297 25.2%
Education & health services 1,824 20.0%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,443 15.8%
Leisure & hospitality 942 10.3%
Public administration 915 10.0%
Construction 522 5.7%
Natural resources & mining 452 5.0%
Professional & business services 363 4.0%
Financial activities 188 2.1%
Other services 157 1.7%
Information 20 0.2%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 84.5%
Median gross rent: $796
Owner-occupied: 14,047
Renter-occupied: 2,571

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 24,881 votes cast

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

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 326 0.9%
German 102 0.3%
Tagalog 50 0.1%
Other Indo-European 40 0.1%
Chinese 32 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 28 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 21 0.1%
Other 14 0.0%
Slavic languages 12 0.0%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,618
Family households: 11,456; 68.9% of households
Married w/ children: 9,375
Single-mother households: 643
Veterans: 2,559; 8.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

44.6% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.4%
With a disability: 14.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 12.7 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023