Jury Pool Profile

Richland County, Wisconsin

Republican +13 (2024)

Population: 17,229
Median household income: $62,649
Unemployment: 3.4%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 16,090 93.4%
Black or African American alone 150 0.9%
Asian alone 172 1.0%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 10 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 381 2.2%
Two or more races 426 2.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 540 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 46.4

Under 18 3,670 21.3%
18–24 1,237 7.2%
25–44 3,480 20.2%
45–64 4,643 26.9%
65 and over 4,199 24.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.4%; +0.21 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.0B; 0.22% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,821
Establishments: 542

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,584 26.6%
Education & health services 1,546 25.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,177 19.7%
Leisure & hospitality 338 5.7%
Public administration 290 4.9%
Construction 217 3.6%
Natural resources & mining 214 3.6%
Financial activities 178 3.0%
Professional & business services 159 2.7%
Other services 87 1.5%
Information 41 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 76.5%
Median gross rent: $786
Owner-occupied: 5,446
Renter-occupied: 1,673

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 9,305 votes cast

Republican 5,207 56.0%
Democratic 3,985 42.8%
Other / third-party 113 1.2%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

93.0% speak only English at home

German 659 4.0%
Spanish 292 1.8%
Other Indo-European 57 0.3%
Chinese 46 0.3%
Slavic languages 38 0.2%
Tagalog 30 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 13 0.1%
Vietnamese 8 0.0%
Other 7 0.0%
Other Asian/Pacific 2 0.0%
Arabic 1 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 7,119
Family households: 4,434; 62.3% of households
Married w/ children: 3,542
Single-mother households: 303
Veterans: 945; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

34.0% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,028 11.7%
Catholic 2,006 11.6%
Mainline Protestant 1,507 8.7%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 350 2.0%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 91.8%
With a disability: 14.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Richland County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)
Judges: 18 (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: Richland Center

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 29.5 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023