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Jury Pool Profile

Racine County, Wisconsin

Republican +6 (2024)
Population
196,888
Median household income
$75,331
Unemployment
4.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity
  • White alone 146,063 74.2%
  • Black or African American alone 20,857 10.6%
  • Asian alone 2,449 1.2%
  • American Indian / Alaska Native alone 755 0.4%
  • Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 144 0.1%
  • Some other race alone 6,667 3.4%
  • Two or more races 19,953 10.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 28,784 14.6%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.5

  • Under 18 45,142 22.9%
  • 18–24 16,018 8.1%
  • 25–44 47,779 24.3%
  • 45–64 53,192 27.0%
  • 65 and over 34,757 17.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy
Unemployment (12-mo)
4.0%
+0.77 pp vs. state
County GDP
$11.7B
2.59% of state
Avg. annual pay
$61,150
Establishments
5,234

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

  • Manufacturing 17,677 23.2%
  • Trade, transportation & utilities 16,046 21.0%
  • Education & health services 15,882 20.8%
  • Leisure & hospitality 7,526 9.9%
  • Professional & business services 5,800 7.6%
  • Construction 3,462 4.5%
  • Public administration 2,983 3.9%
  • Financial activities 2,766 3.6%
  • Other services 2,074 2.7%
  • Information 311 0.4%
  • Natural resources & mining 290 0.4%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing
Home ownership
71.1%
Median gross rent
$1,017
Owner-occupied
56,283
Renter-occupied
22,826

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 107,402 votes cast

  • Republican 56,347 52.5%
  • Democratic 49,721 46.3%
  • Other / third-party 1,334 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.0% speak only English at home

  • Spanish 12,603 6.8%
  • Other Indo-European 1,029 0.6%
  • German 781 0.4%
  • Slavic languages 575 0.3%
  • Other Asian/Pacific 462 0.2%
  • Tagalog 421 0.2%
  • French (incl. Cajun) 199 0.1%
  • Arabic 155 0.1%
  • Chinese 149 0.1%
  • Other 144 0.1%
  • Korean 102 0.1%
  • Vietnamese 57 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition
Households
79,109
Family households
50,412
63.7% of households
Married w/ children
36,876
Single-mother households
6,050
Veterans
10,065
6.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

41.7% overall adherence rate

  • 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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education
Health insured
94.3%
With a disability
13.8%
Bachelor's or higher
28.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Court infrastructure
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 countys.

Court reference
Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities
18
11.86 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes
17

NHTSA FARS 2023

About this profile

This profile aggregates publicly available U.S. government statistics for Racine 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 2023 · U.S. BLS 2026M02 · U.S. BEA 2024 · BLS QCEW 2024 · Election results 2024 · NHTSA FARS 2023 · US Religion Census 2020.