Jury Pool Profile

Shawano County, Wisconsin

Republican +36 (2024)

Population: 40,927
Median household income: $67,032
Unemployment: 3.2%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 35,243 86.1%
Black or African American alone 245 0.6%
Asian alone 228 0.6%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 2,789 6.8%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 209 0.5%
Two or more races 2,213 5.4%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1,263 3.1%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 45.5

Under 18 8,705 21.3%
18–24 2,764 6.8%
25–44 8,765 21.4%
45–64 11,754 28.7%
65 and over 8,939 21.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.2%; +0.04 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.7B; 0.38% of state
Avg. annual pay: $45,528
Establishments: 1,069

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,511 20.3%
Trade, transportation & utilities 2,325 18.8%
Manufacturing 2,038 16.5%
Leisure & hospitality 1,917 15.5%
Public administration 1,163 9.4%
Natural resources & mining 679 5.5%
Professional & business services 511 4.1%
Construction 432 3.5%
Financial activities 329 2.7%
Other services 316 2.6%
Information 82 0.7%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 78.6%
Median gross rent: $777
Owner-occupied: 13,270
Renter-occupied: 3,611

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 23,455 votes cast

Republican 15,850 67.6%
Democratic 7,336 31.3%
Other / third-party 269 1.1%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

97.3% speak only English at home

Spanish 349 0.9%
German 310 0.8%
Other 102 0.3%
Other Asian/Pacific 75 0.2%
Slavic languages 59 0.2%
French (incl. Cajun) 43 0.1%
Chinese 35 0.1%
Other Indo-European 34 0.1%
Tagalog 20 0.1%
Arabic 4 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 16,881
Family households: 10,972; 65.0% of households
Married w/ children: 8,785
Single-mother households: 715
Veterans: 2,450; 7.6% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.1% overall adherence rate

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%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 93.8%
With a disability: 15.3%
Bachelor's or higher: 18.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

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

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 12.41 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023