Jury Pool Profile

Pierce County, Wisconsin

Republican +17 (2024)

Population: 42,351
Median household income: $88,802
Unemployment: 3.9%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 39,167 92.5%
Black or African American alone 187 0.4%
Asian alone 530 1.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 109 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 44 0.1%
Some other race alone 448 1.1%
Two or more races 1,866 4.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,227 2.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.4

Under 18 8,678 20.5%
18–24 6,450 15.2%
25–44 9,504 22.4%
45–64 10,894 25.7%
65 and over 6,825 16.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.9%; +0.67 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,483
Establishments: 1,024

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,360 22.5%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,895 18.0%
Manufacturing 1,700 16.2%
Leisure & hospitality 1,378 13.1%
Public administration 692 6.6%
Professional & business services 456 4.3%
Construction 453 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 317 3.0%
Financial activities 285 2.7%
Other services 179 1.7%
Information 47 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 75.8%
Median gross rent: $1,025
Owner-occupied: 11,946
Renter-occupied: 3,819

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 25,320 votes cast

Republican 14,417 56.9%
Democratic 10,171 40.2%
Other / third-party 732 2.9%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

96.5% speak only English at home

Spanish 706 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 280 0.7%
German 98 0.2%
Other Indo-European 62 0.2%
Slavic languages 59 0.1%
Arabic 53 0.1%
Other 39 0.1%
Chinese 35 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 25 0.1%
Korean 24 0.1%
Vietnamese 14 0.0%
Tagalog 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 15,765
Family households: 10,182; 64.6% of households
Married w/ children: 8,382
Single-mother households: 585
Veterans: 1,957; 5.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

45.7% overall adherence rate

Catholic 6,530 15.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,311 15.0%
Evangelical Protestant 6,146 14.6%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 291 0.7%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 96.8%
With a disability: 10.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 32.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Pierce 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: Ellsworth

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 8.91 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023