Sauk County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 56,960 86.3%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,488 6.8%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 511 0.8%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 296 0.4%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 2,905 4.4%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 304 0.5%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 18 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 527 0.8%

• Under 18 14,752 22.3%
• 18–24 4,738 7.2%
• 25–44 16,261 24.6%
• 45–64 17,118 25.9%
• 65 and over 13,140 19.9%

Median household income

$77,228

90% interval $73,146–$81,310

−$329 vs WI · 23rd of 72

Below poverty line

8.6%

90% interval 7.2%–10.0%

−1.7 pp vs WI · 55th of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.0%

−0.28 pp vs. state

County GDP

$5.6B

1.23% of state

Avg. annual pay

$52,402

Establishments

2,270

• Leisure & hospitality 8,634 23.7%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 7,284 20.0%
• Education & health services 6,059 16.6%
• Manufacturing 5,148 14.1%
• Professional & business services 2,551 7.0%
• Construction 2,094 5.7%
• Public administration 1,359 3.7%
• Financial activities 1,119 3.1%
• Other services 723 2.0%
• Natural resources & mining 405 1.1%
• Information 119 0.3%

The sectors listed cover 97.4% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

72.4%

+4.6 pp vs WI · 54th of 72

Median gross rent

$1,018

−$69 vs WI · 19th of 72

Owner-occupied

20,252

Renter-occupied

7,735

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 60% of the county workforce. Substantial intra-sector overlap among panelists is likely; confirm employer relationships before sector-specific framing.

• Moderate wage spread

  Highest-paid sector (Financial activities, $79,558/yr) pays 2.7× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $29,213/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 16 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 18,798 50.0%
• Democratic 18,172 48.4%
• Other / third-party 604 1.6%

• Spanish 3,045 4.9%
• German or other West Germanic 1,070 1.7%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 428 0.7%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 130 0.2%
• Chinese 100 0.2%
• Tagalog 9 0.0%
• Korean 4 0.0%
• Vietnamese 3 0.0%
• Arabic 1 0.0%

Households

27,987

Family households

18,009

64.3% of households

Married couples w/ children

5,119

28.4% of families

Single-mother families

1,202

6.7% of families

Veterans

3,590

7% of civilians 18+

• Catholic 12,163 18.5%
• Evangelical Protestant 10,853 16.5%
• Mainline Protestant 8,192 12.5%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 889 1.4%
• Black Protestant 150 0.2%

Health insured

94.0%

±0.9 pp

Uninsured

6.0%

±0.9 pp

25th of 72

With a disability

13.0%

±0.9 pp

38th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

27.3%

±1.3 pp

−6.1 pp vs WI · 30th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.5%

90% interval 6.7%–8.3% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Sauk 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

Baraboo

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

7

13.66 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7