Jury Pool Profile

Rusk County, Wisconsin

Republican +38 (2024)

Population: 14,146
Median household income: $58,322
Unemployment: 4.8%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 13,335 94.3%
Black or African American alone 130 0.9%
Asian alone 59 0.4%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 59 0.4%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 8 0.1%
Some other race alone 66 0.5%
Two or more races 489 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 284 2.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 49.1

Under 18 2,851 20.2%
18–24 885 6.3%
25–44 2,731 19.3%
45–64 4,090 28.9%
65 and over 3,589 25.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 4.8%; +1.62 pp vs. state
County GDP: $726.8M; 0.16% of state
Avg. annual pay: $46,068
Establishments: 386

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Manufacturing 1,308 28.5%
Education & health services 946 20.6%
Trade, transportation & utilities 851 18.5%
Public administration 386 8.4%
Professional & business services 360 7.8%
Leisure & hospitality 286 6.2%
Natural resources & mining 140 3.0%
Construction 102 2.2%
Financial activities 78 1.7%
Other services 71 1.5%
Information 39 0.8%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 77.5%
Median gross rent: $816
Owner-occupied: 4,852
Renter-occupied: 1,407

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 8,261 votes cast

Republican 5,660 68.5%
Democratic 2,516 30.5%
Other / third-party 85 1.0%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.7% speak only English at home

German 160 1.2%
Spanish 74 0.6%
Other Asian/Pacific 26 0.2%
Slavic languages 20 0.1%
Other Indo-European 9 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 8 0.1%
Tagalog 7 0.1%
Korean 6 0.0%
Arabic 3 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 6,259
Family households: 3,810; 60.9% of households
Married w/ children: 3,083
Single-mother households: 296
Veterans: 1,039; 9.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

33.4% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 2,097 14.8%
Catholic 1,984 14.0%
Mainline Protestant 472 3.3%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 186 1.3%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 17.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 16.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Rusk County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)
Judges: 22 (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: Ladysmith

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 3; 26.56 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 3

NHTSA FARS 2023