Jury Pool Profile

Vernon County, Wisconsin

Republican +8 (2024)

Population: 30,915
Median household income: $69,556
Unemployment: 3.3%

Who sits on a jury?

Race & ethnicity

White alone 29,383 95.0%
Black or African American alone 94 0.3%
Asian alone 84 0.3%
American Indian / Alaska Native alone 16 0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander alone 0 0.0%
Some other race alone 232 0.8%
Two or more races 1,106 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 516 1.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Age distribution

Median age 41.5

Under 18 8,072 26.1%
18–24 2,100 6.8%
25–44 6,349 20.5%
45–64 8,005 25.9%
65 and over 6,389 20.7%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Economic context

Local economy

Unemployment (12-mo): 3.3%; +0.07 pp vs. state
County GDP: $1.5B; 0.34% of state
Avg. annual pay: $47,085
Establishments: 828

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

Top employment sectors

Average annual employment by supersector

Education & health services 2,609 29.9%
Trade, transportation & utilities 1,833 21.0%
Manufacturing 840 9.6%
Leisure & hospitality 781 9.0%
Public administration 613 7.0%
Professional & business services 573 6.6%
Construction 454 5.2%
Financial activities 373 4.3%
Natural resources & mining 290 3.3%
Other services 143 1.6%
Information 140 1.6%

BLS QCEW 2024

Housing

Home ownership: 81.1%
Median gross rent: $826
Owner-occupied: 9,880
Renter-occupied: 2,306

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Political composition

Presidential results

2024 presidential · 16,579 votes cast

Republican 8,807 53.1%
Democratic 7,514 45.3%
Other / third-party 258 1.6%

Election results 2024

Languages, households, faith & health

Languages spoken at home

89.1% speak only English at home

German 2,659 9.2%
Spanish 279 1.0%
Other Indo-European 99 0.3%
Slavic languages 42 0.1%
French (incl. Cajun) 20 0.1%
Tagalog 15 0.1%
Other Asian/Pacific 6 0.0%
Chinese 5 0.0%
Other 2 0.0%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Household composition

Households: 12,186
Family households: 7,962; 65.3% of households
Married w/ children: 6,630
Single-mother households: 518
Veterans: 1,644; 7.2% of civilians 18+

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Religious composition

55.5% overall adherence rate

Evangelical Protestant 8,147 26.5%
Mainline Protestant 6,448 21.0%
Catholic 2,093 6.8%
Other (non-Christian + minor traditions) 358 1.2%

US Religion Census 2020

Health & education

Health insured: 85.3%
With a disability: 10.6%
Bachelor's or higher: 24.8%

U.S. Census ACS 2023

Court infrastructure

Trial court: Vernon County Circuit Court (7th Judicial District)
Judges: 18 (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: Viroqua

Court reference

Traffic safety context

Wisconsin statewide totals, 2023 — not county-specific

Traffic fatalities: 4; 17.51 per 100k drivers
Fatal crashes: 4

NHTSA FARS 2023