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Jury Pool Profile

Price County, Wisconsin

Republican +31.2 (2024)
County seat
Phillips
Judicial district
Price County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)
Population (July 2025 estimate)
13,988
Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 14,092.

At a glance

Price County is a 13,988-person venue. The county population is 93% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,405, $12,152 below the WI state median of $77,557; 17.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 2.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home, most commonly Spanish and German or other West Germanic. The largest employment sector is Manufacturing, at 34.3% of covered employment, average pay $58,604/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.29%, above the 3.3% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 60% to 65% of the vote across the three.

Population
14,092
Median household income
$60,546
Unemployment
4.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Predominantly White

≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 93% / 0%.

Price County has a population of 14,092, with a median age of 52.6. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 93.5%; Black residents 0.1%. Independently, 1.8% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.

The median household earns $65,405; 17.9% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 12.2% live below the federal poverty line.

Race & ethnicity
  • White (non-Hispanic) 13,125 93.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 247 1.8%
  • Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 14 0.1%
  • Asian (non-Hispanic) 78 0.6%
  • Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 512 3.6%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 77 0.5%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
  • Some other race (non-Hispanic) 30 0.2%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Age distribution

Median age 52.6

  • Under 18 2,464 17.5%
  • 18–24 808 5.7%
  • 25–44 2,438 17.3%
  • 45–64 4,367 31.0%
  • 65 and over 4,015 28.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Income & poverty
Median household income
$65,405
90% interval $60,401–$70,409
−$12,152 vs WI · 62nd of 72
Below poverty line
12.2%
90% interval 9.9%–14.5%
+1.9 pp vs WI · 17th of 72

U.S. Census SAIPE 2024

Economic context

Manufacturing anchored

Largest sector in BLS QCEW, even counting every withheld job toward the other sectors: Manufacturing, about 34% of covered jobs.

Manufacturing is the largest employment sector at 34.3% of covered employment, followed by Education & health services at 18.2%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.29%, above the Wisconsin state average.

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.3%
+0.99 pp vs. state
County GDP
$742.9M
0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay
$50,229
Establishments
430

U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 1,614 34.3%
  • Education & health services 855 18.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 751 16.0%
  • Public administration 373 7.9%
  • Professional & business services 315 6.7%
  • Leisure & hospitality 258 5.5%
  • Natural resources & mining 131 2.8%
  • Construction 127 2.7%
  • Financial activities 122 2.6%
  • Other services 67 1.4%
  • Information 27 0.6%

The sectors listed cover 98.7% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

BLS QCEW 2025

Housing
Home ownership
81.9%
+14.1 pp vs WI · 14th of 72
Median gross rent
$786
−$301 vs WI · 62nd of 72
Owner-occupied
5,357
Renter-occupied
1,182

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Local economy in 3 reads
  • Concentrated

    Top three sectors employ 68% of the county workforce. Most panelists likely share employer relationships within these sectors, surface those connections early in voir dire before any institutional-defendant or sector-specific framing.

  • Wide wage spread

    Highest-paid sector (Professional & business services, $83,979/yr) pays 5.2× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $16,148/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

  • Mixed business scale

    Average establishment employs 11 workers, a mix of institutional employers and small businesses. Both employed-by-large-institution and small-business-owner perspectives are likely on the panel.

BLS QCEW 2025

Political composition

Consistently strongly Republican

Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 63%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.

Price County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 65.1% in 2024, 63.1% in 2020, 60.3% in 2016.

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,856 votes cast

  • Republican
  • Democratic
Presidential vote share by year
YearRepublicanDemocratic
201660.3%35.3%
202063.1%35.5%
202465.1%33.9%
  • Republican 5,763 65.1%
  • Democratic 3,005 33.9%
  • Other / third-party 88 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Family-majority, English-speaking

Family households are 59% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 2.1% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).

2.1% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, Russian, Polish, or other Slavic. Veterans account for 9.8% of the adult civilian population (1,139 individuals).

Languages spoken at home

97.9% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 77 0.6%
  • German or other West Germanic 75 0.6%
  • Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 26 0.2%
  • Tagalog 10 0.1%
  • French, Haitian, or Cajun 6 0.0%
  • Arabic 6 0.0%
  • Vietnamese 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Household composition
Households
6,539
Family households
3,847
58.8% of households
Married couples w/ children
727
18.9% of families
Single-mother families
274
7.1% of families
Veterans
1,139
9.8% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Religious composition

54.5% overall adherence rate

  • Catholic 3,925 27.9%
  • Evangelical Protestant 2,709 19.3%
  • Mainline Protestant 903 6.4%
  • Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 119 0.8%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.2%
±0.9 pp
Uninsured
5.8%
±0.9 pp
29th of 72
With a disability
16.9%
±1.2 pp
9th of 72
Bachelor's or higher
17.9%
±1.4 pp
−15.5 pp vs WI · 62nd of 72
Uninsured, under 65 (2024)
6.8%
90% interval 6.0%–7.6% · Census SAHIE

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

U.S. Census ACS 2024

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
Trial court
Price 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
Phillips

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Price totals, 2024 — the per-100k rate is based on 4 recorded deaths, too few to be statistically reliable

Traffic fatalities
4
34.4 per 100k adults (18+)
Fatal crashes
4

NHTSA FARS 2024

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Price County, Wisconsin to give trial attorneys venue context for jury selection. It describes the general population of the county, not the qualified jury wheel, and is not legal advice or a substitute for the court's juror records.

Sources as of: U.S. Census ACS 2024 · U.S. BLS 2026M07 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2025 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2024 · US Religion Census 2020.

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