Jury Pool Profile

Sauk County, Wisconsin

Republican +2 (2024)

Population: 65,759
Median household income: $77,648
Unemployment: 3.0%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 58,535 89.0%
Black or African American alone 612 0.9%
Asian alone 319 0.5%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 445 0.7%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 1,922 2.9%
Two or more races 3,926 6.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4,198 6.4%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.3

Under 18 14,819 22.5%
18–24 4,679 7.1%
25–44 16,115 24.5%
45–64 17,431 26.5%
65 and over 12,715 19.3%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.0%; -0.22 pp vs. state
County GDP: $5.6B; 1.23% of state
Avg. annual pay: $50,177
Establishments: 2,219

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Leisure & hospitality 8,494 23.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 7,304 20.0%
Education & health services 6,048 16.6%
Manufacturing 5,361 14.7%
Professional & business services 2,561 7.0%
Construction 2,024 5.5%
Public administration 1,364 3.7%
Financial activities 1,105 3.0%
Other services 710 1.9%
Natural resources & mining 425 1.2%
Information 114 0.3%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 73.1%
Median gross rent: $970
Owner-occupied: 20,054
Renter-occupied: 7,371

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 37,574 votes cast

Republican 18,798 50.0%
Democratic 18,172 48.4%
Other / third-party 604 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

92.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 2,766 4.5%
German 1,060 1.7%
Slavic languages 336 0.5%
French (incl. Cajun) 163 0.3%
Other Indo-European 138 0.2%
Other 115 0.2%
Chinese 105 0.2%
Other Asian/Pacific 100 0.2%
Tagalog 9 0.0%
Korean 4 0.0%
Vietnamese 3 0.0%
Arabic 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 27,425
Family households: 18,032; 65.8% of households
Married w/ children: 14,278
Single-mother households: 1,349
Veterans: 3,578; 7% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

49.0% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.6%
With a disability: 12.2%
Bachelor's or higher: 26.5%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 10; 19.63 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 10

NHTSA FARS 2023