Jury Pool Profile

Polk County, Wisconsin

Republican +31 (2024)

Population: 45,327
Median household income: $76,208
Unemployment: 5.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 42,720 94.2%
Black or African American alone 146 0.3%
Asian alone 171 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 256 0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 11 0.0%
Some other race alone 235 0.5%
Two or more races 1,788 3.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 980 2.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.5

Under 18 9,143 20.2%
18–24 2,950 6.5%
25–44 9,881 21.8%
45–64 13,418 29.6%
65 and over 9,935 21.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 5.0%; +1.76 pp vs. state
County GDP: $2.2B; 0.48% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,798
Establishments: 1,311

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 4,338 26.8%
Manufacturing 3,850 23.8%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,835 17.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,547 9.6%
Professional & business services 1,158 7.2%
Public administration 658 4.1%
Construction 632 3.9%
Natural resources & mining 329 2.0%
Financial activities 328 2.0%
Other services 298 1.8%
Information 140 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.1%
Median gross rent: $958
Owner-occupied: 15,279
Renter-occupied: 3,550

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 28,212 votes cast

Republican 18,296 64.9%
Democratic 9,567 33.9%
Other / third-party 349 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

98.1% speak only English at home

Spanish 371 0.9%
German 164 0.4%
Tagalog 63 0.1%
Other 51 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 45 0.1%
Other Indo-European 44 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 40 0.1%
Korean 18 0.0%
Slavic languages 13 0.0%
Vietnamese 12 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 18,829
Family households: 12,694; 67.4% of households
Married w/ children: 10,367
Single-mother households: 765
Veterans: 2,963; 8.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

37.2% overall adherence rate

Mainline Protestant 8,193 18.2%
Evangelical Protestant 5,408 12.0%
Catholic 2,592 5.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 520 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.9%
With a disability: 13.9%
Bachelor's or higher: 23.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Polk County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)
Judges: 22 (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: Balsam Lake

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 16; 44.22 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023