Racine County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 135,438 68.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 29,754 15.1%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 20,442 10.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 2,247 1.1%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 8,374 4.2%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 333 0.2%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 161 0.1%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 783 0.4%

• Under 18 44,901 22.7%
• 18–24 16,067 8.1%
• 25–44 48,622 24.6%
• 45–64 52,140 26.4%
• 65 and over 35,802 18.1%

Median household income

$79,354

90% interval $73,637–$85,071

+$1,797 vs WI · 20th of 72

Below poverty line

11.7%

90% interval 10.0%–13.4%

+1.4 pp vs WI · 23rd of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

4.0%

+0.68 pp vs. state

County GDP

$11.7B

2.59% of state

Avg. annual pay

$64,928

Establishments

5,224

• Manufacturing 17,171 22.6%
• Education & health services 15,749 20.8%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 15,663 20.6%
• Leisure & hospitality 7,751 10.2%
• Professional & business services 5,676 7.5%
• Construction 4,136 5.5%
• Public administration 2,935 3.9%
• Financial activities 2,694 3.6%
• Other services 1,978 2.6%
• Information 315 0.4%
• Natural resources & mining 290 0.4%

The sectors listed cover 98.0% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

71.0%

+3.2 pp vs WI · 60th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,080

−$7 vs WI · 10th of 72

Owner-occupied

57,122

Renter-occupied

23,284

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 64% 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 (Construction, $95,095/yr) pays 4.3× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $22,201/yr). Stark intra-economy class divisions on the panel; calibrate damages and lost-wages framing to that range.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 15 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 56,347 52.5%
• Democratic 49,721 46.3%
• Other / third-party 1,334 1.2%

• Spanish 13,086 7.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 524 0.3%
• German or other West Germanic 512 0.3%
• Tagalog 504 0.3%
• Chinese 221 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 206 0.1%
• Arabic 191 0.1%
• Vietnamese 73 0.0%
• Korean 43 0.0%

Households

80,406

Family households

50,656

63.0% of households

Married couples w/ children

12,283

24.2% of families

Single-mother families

5,869

11.6% of families

Veterans

9,692

6.4% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 40,894 20.7%
• Evangelical Protestant 18,802 9.5%
• Mainline Protestant 13,390 6.8%
• Black Protestant 4,161 2.1%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 3,822 1.9%
• Orthodox 1,430 0.7%

Health insured

94.3%

±0.6 pp

Uninsured

5.7%

±0.6 pp

31st of 72

With a disability

14.3%

±0.7 pp

28th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

28.4%

±1.1 pp

−5.0 pp vs WI · 25th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.0%

90% interval 6.3%–7.7% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Racine County Circuit Court (2nd 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

Racine

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

14

9.17 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

13