Outagamie County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 163,655 84.9%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10,177 5.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 2,859 1.5%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 7,138 3.7%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 6,814 3.5%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 1,824 0.9%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 47 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 312 0.2%

• Under 18 44,257 23.0%
• 18–24 16,064 8.3%
• 25–44 51,381 26.6%
• 45–64 49,141 25.5%
• 65 and over 31,983 16.6%

Median household income

$82,847

90% interval $79,332–$86,362

+$5,290 vs WI · 13th of 72

Below poverty line

6.6%

90% interval 5.5%–7.7%

−3.7 pp vs WI · 67th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

2.9%

−0.37 pp vs. state

County GDP

$17.2B

3.8% of state

Avg. annual pay

$64,568

Establishments

6,128

• Education & health services 21,660 20.0%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 21,058 19.4%
• Manufacturing 20,148 18.6%
• Professional & business services 11,707 10.8%
• Leisure & hospitality 10,375 9.6%
• Financial activities 5,276 4.9%
• Public administration 3,439 3.2%

The sectors listed cover 86.3% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.5%

+3.7 pp vs WI · 56th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,057

−$30 vs WI · 14th of 72

Owner-occupied

56,026

Renter-occupied

22,356

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 58% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Wide wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $91,781/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $21,491/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 18 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 60,827 54.4%
• Democratic 49,438 44.2%
• Other / third-party 1,640 1.5%

• Spanish 5,924 3.3%
• German or other West Germanic 736 0.4%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 448 0.2%
• Chinese 381 0.2%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 279 0.2%
• Tagalog 246 0.1%
• Vietnamese 188 0.1%
• Korean 104 0.1%
• Arabic 27 0.0%

Households

78,382

Family households

50,363

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

15,863

31.5% of families

Single-mother families

3,501

7.0% of families

Veterans

8,949

6% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 62,763 32.9%
• Evangelical Protestant 42,630 22.4%
• Mainline Protestant 15,577 8.2%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 2,491 1.3%
• Orthodox 2 0.0%

Health insured

96.0%

±0.4 pp

Uninsured

4.0%

±0.4 pp

60th of 72

With a disability

11.6%

±0.5 pp

60th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

32.7%

±1.1 pp

−0.7 pp vs WI · 15th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

5.3%

90% interval 4.8%–5.8% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Outagamie 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

Appleton

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

12

8.08 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

12