Jury Pool Profile

Portage County, Wisconsin

Democratic +1 (2024)

Population: 70,375
Median household income: $73,284
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 63,719 90.5%
Black or African American alone 579 0.8%
Asian alone 1,993 2.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 165 0.2%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,235 1.8%
Two or more races 2,684 3.8%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2,764 3.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 38.1

Under 18 13,403 19.0%
18–24 10,914 15.5%
25–44 16,407 23.3%
45–64 17,095 24.3%
65 and over 12,556 17.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.06 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.8B; 1.29% of state
Avg. annual pay: $56,889
Establishments: 1,939

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 7,264 22.0%
Manufacturing 4,798 14.5%
Education & health services 4,794 14.5%
Financial activities 4,360 13.2%
Leisure & hospitality 3,593 10.9%
Professional & business services 2,438 7.4%
Public administration 1,269 3.8%
Construction 1,251 3.8%
Other services 1,245 3.8%
Natural resources & mining 755 2.3%
Information 183 0.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 69.3%
Median gross rent: $903
Owner-occupied: 20,543
Renter-occupied: 9,093

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 43,158 votes cast

Democratic 21,503 49.8%
Republican 20,987 48.6%
Other / third-party 668 1.5%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

95.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 1,231 1.8%
Other Asian/Pacific 941 1.4%
German 254 0.4%
Other Indo-European 195 0.3%
Slavic languages 141 0.2%
Vietnamese 111 0.2%
Other 106 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 83 0.1%
Chinese 75 0.1%
Tagalog 30 0.0%
Korean 18 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 29,636
Family households: 17,712; 59.8% of households
Married w/ children: 14,269
Single-mother households: 1,327
Veterans: 4,006; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

46.5% overall adherence rate

Catholic 19,399 27.6%
Evangelical Protestant 7,131 10.1%
Mainline Protestant 5,198 7.4%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,005 1.4%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 95.0%
With a disability: 11.4%
Bachelor's or higher: 33.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Portage County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)
Judges: 19 (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: Stevens Point

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 5.27 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023