Richland County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 15,839 92.1%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 563 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 55 0.3%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 158 0.9%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 481 2.8%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 9 0.1%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 0 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 100 0.6%

• Under 18 3,652 21.2%
• 18–24 1,169 6.8%
• 25–44 3,547 20.6%
• 45–64 4,543 26.4%
• 65 and over 4,294 25.0%

Median household income

$67,891

90% interval $62,436–$73,346

−$9,666 vs WI · 56th of 72

Below poverty line

13.0%

90% interval 10.7%–15.3%

+2.7 pp vs WI · 12th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.4%

+0.08 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.0B

0.22% of state

Avg. annual pay

$48,674

Establishments

530

• Manufacturing 1,550 26.4%
• Education & health services 1,504 25.6%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 1,147 19.5%
• Leisure & hospitality 328 5.6%
• Public administration 281 4.8%
• Natural resources & mining 226 3.8%
• Construction 222 3.8%
• Professional & business services 177 3.0%
• Financial activities 175 3.0%
• Other services 85 1.4%
• Information 44 0.7%

The sectors listed cover 97.6% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

73.9%

+6.1 pp vs WI · 47th of 72

Median gross rent

$771

−$316 vs WI · 64th of 72

Owner-occupied

5,355

Renter-occupied

1,895

• Concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 71% 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.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Manufacturing, $62,667/yr) pays 3.6× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,361/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• 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.

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

• German or other West Germanic 585 3.6%
• Spanish 351 2.1%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 42 0.3%
• Chinese 24 0.1%
• Tagalog 23 0.1%
• Vietnamese 13 0.1%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 5 0.0%
• Arabic 2 0.0%

Households

7,250

Family households

4,521

62.4% of households

Married couples w/ children

1,105

24.4% of families

Single-mother families

290

6.4% of families

Veterans

891

6.6% of civilians 18+

• 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%

Health insured

93.0%

±1.3 pp

Uninsured

7.0%

±1.3 pp

15th of 72

With a disability

14.6%

±1.5 pp

24th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

21.2%

±1.7 pp

−12.2 pp vs WI · 52nd of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.9%

90% interval 7.0%–8.8% · Census SAHIE

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

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

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

3

22.14 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

3