Jury Pool Profile
Sawyer County, Wisconsin
- County seat
- Hayward
- Judicial district
- Sawyer County Circuit Court (10th Judicial District)
- Population (July 2025 estimate)
- 18,846
- Census PEP. The five-year ACS survey average is 18,476.
At a glance
Sawyer County is an 18,846-person venue. The county population is 78% White (Census race-alone categories). Median household income is $65,658, $11,899 below the WI state median of $77,557; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher. 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home. The largest published sector is Education & health services, at 22.1% of covered employment, average pay $60,284/year. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.3%, above the 3.3% state average. The county carried the Republican presidential candidate in 2016, 2020, and 2024, taking 56% to 60% of the vote across the three.
- Population
- 18,476
- Median household income
- $60,801
- Unemployment
- 4.3%
Who sits on a jury?
≥70% White (race-alone) and <20% Black. This county: 78% / 1%.
Sawyer County has a population of 18,476, with a median age of 52.8. By Census race-alone categories, White residents make up 77.7%; Black residents 0.6%. Independently, 2.4% of residents identify as Hispanic or Latino of any race.
The median household earns $65,658; 27.4% of residents 25 and over hold a bachelor's degree or higher; 13.3% live below the federal poverty line.
Economic context
Counting the cells BLS withholds (private jobs estimated from Census County Business Patterns, government jobs from the statewide mix), the two largest sectors are within 20% of each other: Education & health services about 1,620, Trade, transportation & utilities about 1,480.
Education & health services is the largest published sector at 22.1% of covered employment, followed by Trade, transportation & utilities at 19.1%. Trailing-12-month unemployment is 4.3%, above the Wisconsin state average.
Political composition
Republican candidate carried this county in 2016, 2020, and 2024 (avg winning share: 58%). 'Strongly' threshold: ≥60% avg.
Sawyer County was carried by the Republican candidate in the 2016, 2020, and 2024 cycles, with 57.7% in 2024, 56.2% in 2020, 59.5% in 2016.
Languages, households, faith & health
Family households are 60% of all households (thresholds: ≥70% = 'family-dominant'; 50–70% = 'family-majority'; <50% = 'singles/nonfamily-majority'). 3.5% of residents 5 and older speak a language other than English at home (threshold for 'linguistically diverse' is ≥10%).
3.5% of residents 5 years and older speak a language other than English at home. The most common are Spanish, German or other West Germanic, French, Haitian, or Cajun. Veterans account for 8.7% of the adult civilian population (1,333 individuals).