Shawano County, Wisconsin

• White (non-Hispanic) 34,737 84.6%
• Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,334 3.3%
• Black or African American (non-Hispanic) 239 0.6%
• Asian (non-Hispanic) 262 0.6%
• Two or more races (non-Hispanic) 1,944 4.7%
• American Indian / Alaska Native (non-Hispanic) 2,315 5.6%
• Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander (non-Hispanic) 6 0.0%
• Some other race (non-Hispanic) 202 0.5%

• Under 18 8,687 21.2%
• 18–24 2,796 6.8%
• 25–44 8,769 21.4%
• 45–64 11,635 28.4%
• 65 and over 9,152 22.3%

Median household income

$67,138

90% interval $61,652–$72,624

−$10,419 vs WI · 57th of 72

Below poverty line

10.8%

90% interval 8.9%–12.7%

+0.5 pp vs WI · 31st of 72

Unemployment (12-mo)

3.3%

−0.02 pp vs. state

County GDP

$1.7B

0.38% of state

Avg. annual pay

$47,118

Establishments

1,091

• Education & health services 2,583 20.9%
• Trade, transportation & utilities 2,319 18.8%
• Manufacturing 1,940 15.7%
• Leisure & hospitality 1,355 11.0%
• Public administration 1,136 9.2%
• Natural resources & mining 699 5.7%
• Professional & business services 510 4.1%
• Construction 473 3.8%
• Financial activities 329 2.7%
• Other services 300 2.4%
• Information 100 0.8%

The sectors listed cover 95.2% of covered employment; BLS withholds the rest to avoid disclosing individual employers.

Home ownership

77.5%

+9.7 pp vs WI · 31st of 72

Median gross rent

$821

−$266 vs WI · 50th of 72

Owner-occupied

13,371

Renter-occupied

3,875

• Moderately concentrated

  Top three sectors employ 55% 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 (Construction, $67,150/yr) pays 3.9× the lowest (Leisure & hospitality, $17,333/yr). Expect meaningful income variation across the panel.

• Mixed business scale

  Average establishment employs 11 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 15,850 67.6%
• Democratic 7,336 31.3%
• Other / third-party 269 1.1%

• Spanish 482 1.2%
• German or other West Germanic 379 1.0%
• Russian, Polish, or other Slavic 68 0.2%
• French, Haitian, or Cajun 45 0.1%
• Tagalog 28 0.1%
• Chinese 16 0.0%

Households

17,246

Family households

11,146

64.6% of households

Married couples w/ children

2,562

23.0% of families

Single-mother families

647

5.8% of families

Veterans

2,334

7.2% of civilians 18+

• Evangelical Protestant 10,253 25.1%
• Catholic 7,968 19.5%
• Mainline Protestant 3,131 7.7%
• Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 1,155 2.8%

Health insured

93.9%

±0.7 pp

Uninsured

6.1%

±0.7 pp

23rd of 72

With a disability

14.9%

±0.9 pp

20th of 72

Bachelor's or higher

19.1%

±1.5 pp

−14.3 pp vs WI · 58th of 72

Uninsured, under 65 (2024)

7.8%

90% interval 7.0%–8.6% · Census SAHIE

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

Trial court

Shawano County Circuit Court (9th Judicial District)

Judges

19 (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

Shawano

This judicial district spans multiple counties.

Traffic fatalities

9

27.82 per 100k adults (18+)

Fatal crashes

7