Jury Pool Profile

Rock County, Wisconsin

Democratic +7 (2024)

Population: 163,944
Median household income: $74,390
Unemployment: 3.6%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 135,003 82.3%
Black or African American alone 7,630 4.7%
Asian alone 1,877 1.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 464 0.3%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 25 0.0%
Some other race alone 5,521 3.4%
Two or more races 13,424 8.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 16,163 9.9%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 40.1

Under 18 37,172 22.7%
18–24 13,751 8.4%
25–44 40,798 24.9%
45–64 43,827 26.7%
65 and over 28,396 17.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.6%; +0.42 pp vs. state
County GDP: $10.8B; 2.39% of state
Avg. annual pay: $59,381
Establishments: 3,943

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Trade, transportation & utilities 17,311 24.9%
Education & health services 15,289 22.0%
Manufacturing 11,440 16.4%
Leisure & hospitality 7,128 10.2%
Professional & business services 6,201 8.9%
Construction 4,035 5.8%
Public administration 2,910 4.2%
Financial activities 1,831 2.6%
Other services 1,706 2.5%
Natural resources & mining 644 0.9%
Information 633 0.9%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 70.6%
Median gross rent: $1,019
Owner-occupied: 47,086
Renter-occupied: 19,566

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 88,113 votes cast

Democratic 46,642 52.9%
Republican 40,218 45.6%
Other / third-party 1,253 1.4%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

91.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 10,949 7.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 616 0.4%
German 492 0.3%
Other Indo-European 386 0.2%
Chinese 260 0.2%
Slavic languages 247 0.2%
Other 181 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 136 0.1%
Tagalog 115 0.1%
Vietnamese 83 0.1%
Arabic 30 0.0%
Korean 25 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 66,652
Family households: 41,922; 62.9% of households
Married w/ children: 31,520
Single-mother households: 3,881
Veterans: 8,983; 7.1% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

38.2% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 20,857 12.7%
Catholic 18,499 11.3%
Mainline Protestant 17,134 10.5%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 5,072 3.1%
Black Protestant 998 0.6%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 94.8%
With a disability: 13.1%
Bachelor's or higher: 25.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Rock County Circuit Court (5th 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: Janesville

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 13; 10.25 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 13

NHTSA FARS 2023